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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

DepthLux: Employing Depthwise Separable Convolutions for Low-Light Image Enhancement.

Raul Balmez, Alexandru Brateanu, Ciprian Orhei, Codruta O Ancuti, Cosmin Ancuti

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors.

Raul BalmezDepartment of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.ORCID 0009-0003-6446-2669
Alexandru BrateanuDepartment of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.ORCID 0009-0001-2752-2357
Ciprian OrheiFaculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies, Polytechnic University Timisoara, 300223 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0071-958X
Codruta O AncutiFaculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies, Polytechnic University Timisoara, 300223 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8782-4341
Cosmin AncutiFaculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies, Polytechnic University Timisoara, 300223 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-2151-804X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low-light image enhancement is an important task in computer vision, often made challenging by the limitations of image sensors, such as noise, low contrast, and color distortion. These challenges are further exacerbated by the computational demands of processing spatial dependencies under such conditions. We present a novel transformer-based framework that enhances efficiency by utilizing depthwise separable convolutions instead of conventional approaches. Additionally, an original feed-forward network design reduces the computational overhead while maintaining high performance. Experimental results demonstrate that this method achieves competitive results, providing a practical and effective solution for enhancing images captured in low-light environments.

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image sensor restorationlow-light enhancementvision transformer

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PMID40096403
PMCPMC11902424

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