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New PRIN network enhances low-light images with perceptual and structural focus

Researchers have developed a new network called PRIN (Perceptual-Structural Retinex-Inspired Network) designed to enhance low-light images. This method decomposes images into reflectance and illumination components, applying specialized refinement techniques to each. The reflectance branch focuses on preserving textures and edges, while the illumination branch ensures coherent brightness adjustments. Experiments on benchmark datasets like LOL-v1 and LOL-v2 demonstrate PRIN's effectiveness in improving structural similarity and perceptual quality. AI

IMPACT This research introduces a novel approach to low-light image enhancement, potentially improving visual quality in challenging lighting conditions for various applications.

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New PRIN network enhances low-light images with perceptual and structural focus

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Qiyi Xie, Wei Chen Ng, Ziyao Li, Yuning Wu, Huasen Wu, Tianshi Miao, Jian Ding Tan ·

    PRIN: A Perceptual-Structural Retinex-Inspired Network for Low-Light Image Enhancement

    arXiv:2610.41338v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Low-light image enhancement (LLIE) focuses not only on visibility recovery but also on preserving structurally meaningful content and perceptual naturalness. Existing learning-based methods may achieve favorable pixel-wise fidelit…