Residual channel prior-guided multi-scale progressive dehazing network with hybrid attention
摘要
Haze can seriously reduce image quality and affect tasks such as object detection and semantic segmentation. Existing dehazing methods often perform well on synthetic images but struggle with real-world hazy images, particularly those with non-uniform haze distribution. To address this challenge, we propose a Residual Channel Prior-Guided Multi-Scale Progressive Dehazing Network (MPDNet). MPDNet leverages the rich structural information contained in the Residual Channel Prior (RCP) of hazy images and introduces a Prior-Guided Block (PGB) to extract RCP maps at different dehazing stages. To better apply prior knowledge at different stages, we design a progressive dehazing network. The Attention-Guided Feature Memory module (AFM) aims to explore the correlation between current input and historical information and achieve cross-stage feature transfer. In addition, Multi-Scale Dehazing Unit (MDU) combining a Multi-Scale Feature Extraction Module (MSFEM) and a hybrid attention mechanism is used to restore the haze-free image. Extensive experiments demonstrate that MPDNet achieves state-of-the-art performance on both synthetic and real datasets, particularly excelling in handling non-uniform hazy images.