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Purpose <p>Low-light endoscopic images often lack contrast and clarity, obscuring anatomical details and reducing diagnostic accuracy. This study develops a method to enhance image brightness and visibility, enabling clearer visualization of critical structures to support precise medical diagnoses and improve patient outcomes.</p> Methods <p>To specifically address nonuniform illumination, we propose BrightVAE, a model that uses a dual-receptive-field architecture to decouple global brightness correction from local texture preservation. Integrated attention-based modules (Attencoder and Attenquant) explicitly target and amplify underexposed regions while preventing over-saturation, thereby recovering human-evaluable details in shadowed areas. The model was trained and tested on a public endoscopic dataset, and its performance was evaluated against other techniques using quality metrics.</p> Results <p>The model outperformed alternatives, improving PSNR by 3.252 units, structural detail by 0.045, and perceptual quality by 0.014 compared to the best model before us, achieving a PSNR of 30.576, SSIM of 0.879, and LPIPS of 0.133, ensuring superior visibility of shadowed regions.</p> Conclusion <p>This approach advances endoscopic imaging by delivering sharper, reliable images, enhancing diagnostic precision in clinical practice. Improved visualization supports better detection of abnormalities, potentially leading to more effective treatment decisions and enhanced patient care.</p>

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BrightVAE: luminosity enhancement in underexposed endoscopic images

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年2月2日

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  • Farzaneh Koohestani,
  • Zahra Nabizadeh,
  • Nader Karimi,
  • Shahram Shirani,
  • Shadrokh Samavi

摘要

Purpose

Low-light endoscopic images often lack contrast and clarity, obscuring anatomical details and reducing diagnostic accuracy. This study develops a method to enhance image brightness and visibility, enabling clearer visualization of critical structures to support precise medical diagnoses and improve patient outcomes.

Methods

To specifically address nonuniform illumination, we propose BrightVAE, a model that uses a dual-receptive-field architecture to decouple global brightness correction from local texture preservation. Integrated attention-based modules (Attencoder and Attenquant) explicitly target and amplify underexposed regions while preventing over-saturation, thereby recovering human-evaluable details in shadowed areas. The model was trained and tested on a public endoscopic dataset, and its performance was evaluated against other techniques using quality metrics.

Results

The model outperformed alternatives, improving PSNR by 3.252 units, structural detail by 0.045, and perceptual quality by 0.014 compared to the best model before us, achieving a PSNR of 30.576, SSIM of 0.879, and LPIPS of 0.133, ensuring superior visibility of shadowed regions.

Conclusion

This approach advances endoscopic imaging by delivering sharper, reliable images, enhancing diagnostic precision in clinical practice. Improved visualization supports better detection of abnormalities, potentially leading to more effective treatment decisions and enhanced patient care.