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Unsupervised Low-Light Image Enhancement Based on Explicit Denoising and Knowledge Distillation

Xianming Liu, Xinzhe Wang, Wenkai Zhang, Hao Zhang, Xiaoyu Guo, Shuiwang Li

Computers, Materials & Continua· Volume 82· Issue 2

Abstract

Under low-illumination conditions, the quality of image signals deteriorates significantly, typically characterized by a peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) below 10 dB, which severely limits the usability of the images. Superv... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Tech Science Press
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