Latest Research in Underwater and SAR Imaging

88 research papers · 2026 median publication year

Top Research Topics in Underwater and SAR Imaging

Highest-Cited Papers

  1. A physical Scattering-Guided Prior-Enhanced Mamba model for high-fidelity SAR ship generation in complex backgrounds
  2. Structure-Driven Feature Modeling for Robust Fish Detection in Complex Underwater Environments
  3. ARMOR: Robust and Efficient CNN-Based S AR ATR through Mo del-Ha r dware Co-Design
  4. Underwater image enhancement using virtual optical lens modelling and pyramid transformer network with enhanced haze optimization
  5. AOPQ-Net Acoustic–Optical Proposal Query Network for Underwater Multimodal Object Detection
  6. VLMs Win a Systematic Evaluation of Underwater Image Reconstruction
  7. $π$-SUB: A Physics-Informed Synthetic Underwater Benchmark Dataset for Underwater Image Enhancement
  8. MambaUNet: An Efficient U-Shaped State-Space Network for Underwater Image Enhancement
  9. Airborne Streak Tube Imaging LiDAR-Based Effective Reconstruction of Urban Water Areas
  10. Robust Image Processing Techniques for Construction Environment Monitoring Using Underwater Robots
  11. Adaptive Spatial–Frequency Information Fusion for SAR Ship Detection
  12. Deep Learning based Detection of Fishing Vessels and Fishing Monitoring using Nightlight Images
  13. CoRe-UIE: Rethinking Coexisting and Region-wise Degradation for Underwater Image Enhancement
  14. Prototype-Driven Semantic Tree with Bimodal Embedding Space for Zero-Shot SAR Ship Recognition
  15. Degradation-Guided Underwater Image Restoration with Task-Oriented Latent Control
  16. SCTD 3.0: Sonar Common Target Detection in the Wild - A Large-Scale, Multi-Scene Dataset from Real Marine Surveys
  17. AQUA20: A Benchmark Dataset for Underwater Species Classification under Challenging Conditions
  18. Shape-Prior Dynamic Refinement Network with Diffusion Wavelets for Fine-Grained Ship Detection in Remote Sensing Images
  19. IceHorizon: A Dataset for Horizon Detection in Ice-Covered Maritime Environments and Comparative Evaluation of Detection Methods
  20. Lightweight Bayesian SAR Image Object Detection and Recognition Method Based on Heavy-Tail Prior and Variational Inference

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Underwater and SAR Imaging

88 papers

Top Topics (10)

Image Enhancement Techniques15
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition15
Advanced Neural Network Applications13
Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques8
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques5
Image and Video Processing5
Underwater Acoustics Research3
Infrared Target Detection Methodologies2
Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems2
Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation2

Top Publications (20)

1.A physical Scattering-Guided Prior-Enhanced Mamba model for high-fidelity SAR ship generation in complex backgrounds2.Structure-Driven Feature Modeling for Robust Fish Detection in Complex Underwater Environments3.ARMOR: Robust and Efficient CNN-Based S <u>AR</u> ATR through <u>Mo</u> del-Ha <u>r</u> dware Co-Design4.Underwater image enhancement using virtual optical lens modelling and pyramid transformer network with enhanced haze optimization5.AOPQ-Net Acoustic–Optical Proposal Query Network for Underwater Multimodal Object Detection6.VLMs Win a Systematic Evaluation of Underwater Image Reconstruction7.$π$-SUB: A Physics-Informed Synthetic Underwater Benchmark Dataset for Underwater Image Enhancement8.MambaUNet: An Efficient U-Shaped State-Space Network for Underwater Image Enhancement9.Airborne Streak Tube Imaging LiDAR-Based Effective Reconstruction of Urban Water Areas10.Robust Image Processing Techniques for Construction Environment Monitoring Using Underwater Robots11.Adaptive Spatial–Frequency Information Fusion for SAR Ship Detection12.Deep Learning based Detection of Fishing Vessels and Fishing Monitoring using Nightlight Images13.CoRe-UIE: Rethinking Coexisting and Region-wise Degradation for Underwater Image Enhancement14.Prototype-Driven Semantic Tree with Bimodal Embedding Space for Zero-Shot SAR Ship Recognition15.Degradation-Guided Underwater Image Restoration with Task-Oriented Latent Control16.SCTD 3.0: Sonar Common Target Detection in the Wild - A Large-Scale, Multi-Scene Dataset from Real Marine Surveys17.AQUA20: A Benchmark Dataset for Underwater Species Classification under Challenging Conditions18.Shape-Prior Dynamic Refinement Network with Diffusion Wavelets for Fine-Grained Ship Detection in Remote Sensing Images19.IceHorizon: A Dataset for Horizon Detection in Ice-Covered Maritime Environments and Comparative Evaluation of Detection Methods20.Lightweight Bayesian SAR Image Object Detection and Recognition Method Based on Heavy-Tail Prior and Variational Inference

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