Denoising Diffusion as a New Framework for Underwater Images

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09934v1
• Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:22:32 GMT
• Title: Denoising Diffusion as a New Framework for Underwater Images
• Abstract summary: Research in image enhancement has proven to be effective but also presents its own limitations.<n>One of the challenges herein is the lack of diversity and the low quality of images included in these datasets.<n>On the other hand, we recommend enhancing the images using Controlnet to evaluate and increase the quality of the corresponding datasets.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Underwater images play a crucial role in ocean research and marine environmental monitoring since they provide quality information about the ecosystem. However, the complex and remote nature of the environment results in poor image quality with issues such as low visibility, blurry textures, color distortion, and noise. In recent years, research in image enhancement has proven to be effective but also presents its own limitations, like poor generalization and heavy reliance on clean datasets. One of the challenges herein is the lack of diversity and the low quality of images included in these datasets. Also, most existing datasets consist only of monocular images, a fact that limits the representation of different lighting conditions and angles. In this paper, we propose a new plan of action to overcome these limitations. On one hand, we call for expanding the datasets using a denoising diffusion model to include a variety of image types such as stereo, wide-angled, macro, and close-up images. On the other hand, we recommend enhancing the images using Controlnet to evaluate and increase the quality of the corresponding datasets, and hence improve the study of the marine ecosystem. Tags - Underwater Images, Denoising Diffusion, Marine ecosystem, Controlnet

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