A curated list of Underwater Image Enhancement (UIE) papers and resources, inspired by Awesome-Inpainting-Tech.

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• arXiv (DDPM) UIEDP:Underwater Image Enhancement with Diffusion Prior.
• arXiv (CNN) WaterFlow: Heuristic Normalizing Flow for Underwater Image Enhancement and Beyond.
• arXiv (CNN) DGNet: Dynamic Gradient-guided Network with Noise Suppression for Underwater Image Enhancement.
• arXiv (CNN) IA2U: A Transfer Plugin with Multi-Prior for In-Air Model to Underwater.
• arXiv (CNN) Physics-Aware Semi-Supervised Underwater Image Enhancement.
• arXiv (CNN) Synergistic Multiscale Detail Refinement via Intrinsic Supervision for Underwater Image Enhancement.
• arXiv (CNN) UIERL: Internal-External Representation Learning Network for Underwater Image Enhancement.
• TIP (Transformer) U-Shape Transformer for Underwater Image Enhancement. [code] [project]
• TIP (GAN) Domain Adaptation for Underwater Image Enhancement. [code]
• TIP (GAN) PUGAN: Physical Model-Guided Underwater Image Enhancement Using GAN With Dual-Discriminators. [code] [project]
• TCSVT (Traditional) A Perception-Aware Decomposition and Fusion Framework for Underwater Image Enhancement.
• TCSVT (Traditional) Underwater Image Quality Improvement via Color Detail and Contrast Restoration.
• TCSVT (Traditional) Underwater Image Enhancement via Weighted Wavelet Visual Perception Fusion. [code]
• TCSVT (DDPM) Speed-Up DDPM for Real-time Underwater Image Enhancement.
• TCSVT (CNN) UIALN: Enhancement for Underwater Image With Artificial Light. [code]
• SPL (Traditional) Underwater Image Enhancement via Piecewise Color Correction and Dual Prior Optimized Contrast Enhancement. [code]
• JVCIR (DDPM) Underwater image enhancement method based on denoising diffusion probabilistic model.
• ICRA (CNN) SyreaNet: A Physically Guided Underwater Image Enhancement Framework Integrating Synthetic and Real Images. [code]
• ICME (CNN) Transmission and Color-guided Network for Underwater Image Enhancement.
• EAAI (Traditional) HFM: A hybrid fusion method for underwater image enhancement. [code]
• EAAI (CNN) Multi-view underwater image enhancement method via embedded fusion mechanism.
• EAAI (CNN) Multi-view underwater image enhancement method via embedded fusion mechanism.
• C&G (Transformer) UDAformer: Underwater image enhancement based on dual attention transformer. [code]
• ACM MM (DDPM) Underwater Image Enhancement by Transformer-based Diffusion Model with Non-uniform Sampling for Skip Strategy. [code]

• TMM (CNN) Underwater Image Enhancement With Lightweight Cascaded Network.
• TIP (Traditional) Underwater Image Enhancement via Minimal Color Loss and Locally Adaptive Contrast Enhancement. [code] [project]
• TIP (Traditional) Underwater Image Enhancement with Hyper-Laplacian Reflectance Priors. [code]
• TIP (GAN) Twin Adversarial Contrastive Learning for Underwater Image Enhancement and Beyond. [code]
• TIP (CNN) SGUIE-Net: Semantic Attention Guided Underwater Image Enhancement With Multi-Scale Perception. [code] [project]
• TGARS (Transformer) Reinforced Swin-Convs Transformer for Simultaneous Underwater Sensing Scene Image Enhancement and Super-resolution. [code]
• TGARS (Traditional) TEBCF: Real-World Underwater Image Texture Enhancement Model Based on Blurriness and Color Fusion. [code]
• TCSVT (GAN) Target Oriented Perceptual Adversarial Fusion Network for Underwater Image Enhancement. [code]
• PR (GAN) Two-step domain adaptation for underwater image enhancement.
• JOE (Traditional) Underwater Image Enhancement by Attenuated Color Channel Correction and Detail Preserved Contrast Enhancement. [code]
• Frontiers in Marine Science (CNN) Lighting the darkness in the sea: A deep learning model for underwater image enhancement. [code]
• ECCV (CNN) Uncertainty Inspired Underwater Image Enhancement. [code]
• Displays (GAN) RCA-CycleGAN: Unsupervised underwater image enhancement using Red Channel attention optimized CycleGAN.
• CVPRW (GAN) AquaGAN: Restoration of Underwater Images.
• ACCV (Transformer) AutoEnhancer: Transformer on U-Net Architecture search for Underwater Image Enhancement. [code]
• AAAI (CNN) Unsupervised Underwater Image Restoration: From a Homology Perspective. [code]

• TPAMI (Traditional) Underwater Single Image Color Restoration Using Haze-Lines and a New Quantitative Dataset.
• TIP (CNN) Underwater Image Enhancement via Medium Transmission-Guided Multi-Color Space Embedding. [code] [project]
• TGARS (Traditional) An Underwater Image Vision Enhancement Algorithm Based on Contour Bougie Morphology. [code]
• SPL (GAN) Two-Branch Deep Neural Network for Underwater Image Enhancement in HSV Color Space.
• IMAGE (CNN) UIECˆ2-Net: CNN-based Underwater Image Enhancement Using Two Color Space. [code]
• EAAI (Traditional) Bayesian retinex underwater image enhancement. [code]

• TIP (CNN) An Underwater Image Enhancement Benchmark Dataset and Beyond. [code] [project]
• TCSVT (Benchmark) Real-World Underwater Enhancement: Challenges Benchmarks and Solutions Under Natural Light. [code]
• RA-L (GAN) Fast Underwater Image Enhancement for Improved Visual Perception. [code] [project]
• PR (CNN) Underwater scene prior inspired deep underwater image and video enhancement. [code] [project]
• JOE (GAN) Underwater Image Enhancement Using a Multiscale Dense Generative Adversarial Network. [code]
• IMAGE (CNN) Underwater image enhancement with global–local networks and compressed-histogram equalization. [code] [project]
• CVPRW (Traditional) L^2UWE: A Framework for the Efficient Enhancement of Low-Light Underwater Images Using Local Contrast and Multi-Scale Fusion. [code]

• arXiv (GAN) UWGAN: Underwater GAN for Real-world Underwater Color Restoration and Dehazing. [code]
• CVPRW (GAN) All-In-One Underwater Image Enhancement using Domain-Adversarial Learning. [code]
• CVPR (Traditional) Sea-thru: A Method For Removing Water From Underwater Images. [code] [project]

• TIP (Traditional) Color Balance and Fusion for Underwater Image Enhancement. [code]
• SPL (GAN) Emerging From Water: Underwater Image Color Correction Based on Weakly Supervised Color Transfer. [code] [project]
• RA-L (GAN) WaterGAN: Unsupervised Generative Network to Enable Real-Time Color Correction of Monocular Underwater Images. [code]
• ICRA (GAN) Enhancing Underwater Imagery Using Generative Adversarial Networks. [code] [project]
• CVPR (Traditional) A Revised Underwater Image Formation Model.

• TIP (Traditional) Underwater Image Restoration Based on Image Blurriness and Light Absorption.
• PRL (Traditional) A hybrid method for underwater image correction.
• Neurocomputing (Traditional) Underwater image enhancement via extended multi-scale Retinex.
• ICIP (CNN) A deep CNN method for underwater image enhancement.
• ICCV (Traditional) Depth and Image Restoration from Light Field in a Scattering Medium.

• TIP (Traditional) Underwater Image Enhancement by Dehazing with Minimum Information Loss and Histogram Distribution Prior. [code]
• ICIP (Traditional) Underwater image restoration based on minimum information loss principle and optical properties of underwater imaging.

• JVCIR (Traditional) Automatic Red-Channel underwater image restoration. [code]

• ICRA (Traditional) Simultaneous Underwater Visibility Assessment Enhancement and Improved Stereo.
• ICIP (Traditional) A retinex-based enhancing approach for single underwater image. [code] [project]

• ICCVW (Traditional) Transmission Estimation in Underwater Single Images. [code]

• TIP (Traditional) Underwater Image Enhancement by Wavelength Compensation and Dehazing. [code]
• TIP (Traditional) Turbid Scene Enhancement Using Multi-Directional Illumination Fusion.
• CVPR (Traditional) Enhancing Underwater Images and Videos by Fusion. [code]

• JOE (Traditional) Recovery of Underwater Visibility and Structure by Polarization Analysis.

• CVPR (Traditional) Clear Underwater Vision.