Image Dehazing

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Image dehazing estimates a clearer scene from images obscured by atmospheric haze, fog, or smoke, supporting both visual use and downstream perception. Methods range from physical scattering models and hand-crafted priors to CNNs, Transformers, diffusion and flow models, and explicit scene representations; they learn from paired data or adapt without clear references. Evaluation spans synthetic and real-world scenes—including nighttime, aerial and remote-sensing, and video settings—using image-quality measures alongside detection, visibility, and novel-view reconstruction. A central challenge is transferring from simplified training haze to variable real conditions while preserving color and fine detail, maintaining physical and multi-view consistency, and meeting deployment costs.

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  1. Hihaze: One-Step Diffusion for High-Resolution Real-World Image Dehazing

    Oct 19, 2026Zheng Chen, Yuchen Huang, Xiaoyang Liu +3Image DehazingDiffusion Models for Image Restoration

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  2. Image Dehazing as In-Context Tabular Inference

    Oct 18, 2026Le-Anh TranImage DehazingImage Restoration

  3. EM-SNN: Efficiently Modulated Spiking Neural Network for Remote Sensing Image Dehazing

    Oct 7, 2026Jie Shao, Jiaqi Ma, Wenwen Min +4Image DehazingSpiking Neural Networks

    Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, UAE · Yunnan University, Kunming, China +2

  4. Tri-DehazeGS: Scene--Medium Decoupled Gaussian Splatting with Transmittance-Aware Optimization

    Sep 10, 2026Kui Jiang, Yang Gu, Jiacheng Liu +33D Gaussian Splatting3D Reconstruction

    Harbin Institute of Technology · Meituan

  5. DPSF-Net: A Dual-Prior Spatial-Frequency Network for Real-World Remote Sensing Image Dehazing

    Sep 7, 2026Mei Lu, Shangliang Shao, Shanliang YaoImage DehazingPhysics-Guided Image Restoration

    School of Software Engineering, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211100, China · School of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng 224051, China

  6. FujinSplat: Seeing Through Smoke with RAW-Domain Gaussian Splatting

    Sep 5, 2026Gengjia Chang, Ziteng Cui, Shuhong Liu3D Gaussian Splatting3D Reconstruction

    Hefei University of Technology · The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou · The University of Tokyo

  7. Input-Adaptive Gating of a Dehazing Front-End for On-Device Perception in Smoke-Obscured Environments

    Aug 30, 2026Seongjun Kang, Ishaan Garg, Vishnu BharadwajImage EnhancementEdge Detection

    Monta Vista High School

  8. HNDiff: Haze-Noise Diffusion for Image Dehazing

    Aug 11, 2026Jin-Ting He, Fu-Jen Tsai, Yan-Tsung Peng +3Physics-Informed Diffusion ModelsDiffusion Models for Image Restoration

    Department of Computer Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan · National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan · National Chengchi University, Taiwan +1

  9. HazeSpikeMamba: Coupling Spiking-Inspired and State-Space Features for Self-Supervised Real-World Dehazing

    Aug 7, 2026Haoran Liu, Huibin Li, Mingzhe Liu +2Unsupervised Domain AdaptationSpiking Neural Networks

    School of Artificial Intelligence and Electronic Engineering, Sichuan Technology and Business University, Chengdu 611745, China · Chengdu University of Technology, College of Nuclear Technology and Automation Engineering, Chengdu 610059, China · Sigray, Inc., Concord, CA 94520, USA

  10. Backbone-Agnostic Stochastic Perturbation Learning for End-to-End Real-World Image Dehazing

    Jul 13, 2026Bingcai WeiImage RestorationImage Dehazing

    School of Computer Science Wuhan University Wuhan, Hubei, China

  11. DDR-Net: Haze-Aware Dual-Domain Refinement for Single-Image Dehazing

    Jul 13, 2026Xinye Zheng, Ye Yu, Qiang Lu +3Image RestorationImage Dehazing

    School of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China

  12. RTE-FM-Dehazer: Radiative Transfer Equation Inspired Flow Matching for Real-World Image Dehazing

    Jul 2, 2026Chenfeng Wei, Chun Wang, Boyang Zhao +3Flow MatchingRadiative Transfer

    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China · University of Liverpool, UK · Mashang Consumer Finance Co. Ltd, China +3

  13. Bridging the Gap Between Image Restoration and Navigational Safety in Hazy Conditions: A New Visibility Estimation Metric for Maritime Surveillance

    Jun 29, 2026Wentao Feng, Guobei Peng, Wengang Mao +1Maritime SurveillanceImage Quality Assessment

    Sanya Science and Education Innovation Park, Wuhan University of Technology, Sanya 572000, China · School of Navigation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China · State Key Laboratory of Maritime Technology and Safety, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China +1

  14. From Fog Chamber to Aircraft Window: Pixel-Registered Imaging and Synthetic Fine-Tuning Enable Cross-Domain Defogging

    Jun 27, 2026Alexander Ingold, Sabina D. Menon, Manya Yellepeddy +5Synthetic-to-Real Domain AdaptationImage Restoration

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA · U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Remote Sensing Division, Washington DC 20375, USA.

  15. Efficient Real-World Dehazing via Physics-Inspired Global-Local Decoupling

    Jun 24, 2026Yifei Qu, Ru Li, Junjie Chen +1Physics-Guided Image RestorationImage Restoration

    Faculty of Computing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150006, China

  16. Towards UAV Image Dehazing: A UAV Atmospheric Scattering Model, Benchmark, and Geometry-Aware Deep Unfolding Network

    Jun 15, 2026Wenxuan Fang, Jiangwei Weng, Yu Zheng +5Image RestorationRemote Sensing Benchmarks

    School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology

  17. Fi-Gaussian: Frequency-Aware Implicit Gaussian Splatting for Single Image Dehazing

    Jun 15, 2026Yuhan Chen, Ying Fang, Guofa Li +5Image RestorationGaussian Splatting

    College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA · National Innovation Center of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles, Beijing 100089, China +1

  18. Dehaze-GaussianImage: Zero-Shot Dehazing via Efficient 2D Gaussian Splatting Representation

    Jun 15, 2026Yuhan Chen, Wenxuan Yu, Guofa Li +5Image RestorationImage Dehazing

    College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA · National Innovation Center of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles, Beijing 100089, China +1

  19. Fusing Transferred Priors and Physics-based Decomposition for Underwater Image Enhancement

    Jun 14, 2026Haochen Hu, Yanrui Bin, Zhengyan Zhang +3Underwater Image EnhancementUnderwater Imaging

    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

  20. LiBrA-Net: Lie-Algebraic Bilateral Affine Fields for Real-Time 4K Video Dehazing

    May 12, 2026Yongcong Wang, Chengchao Shen, Guangwei Gao +5Image RestorationImage Dehazing

    Central South University · Nanjing University of Science and Technology · Sun Yat-sen University +2

  21. Multi-Branch Non-Homogeneous Image Dehazing via Concentration Partitioning and Image Fusion

    Apr 27, 2026Yingming Zhang, Wuqi Su, Qing Xiao +1Image EnhancementImage Restoration

    School of Software and Internet of Things Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University · School of Computer Science and Technology, Tiangong University

  22. 6thGrid-Net: Unified Remote Sensing Image Dehazing Based on Color Restoration and Edge-Preserving

    Apr 27, 2026Runci Bai, Kui Jiang, Xiang Chen +4Remote SensingAll-in-One Image Restoration

    China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Beijing 100080, China · Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150000, China · Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China +3

  23. ZID-Net: Zero-Inference Diffusion Prior Decoupling Network for Single Image Dehazing

    Apr 26, 2026Xinheng Li, Minghao Chen, Mengqing Wu +2Diffusion Models for Image RestorationDiffusion Model Distillation

    College of Information Science and Engineering, Hohai University, Changzhou, 213200, Jiangsu, China

  24. Single Image Defogging Using a Fourth-Order Telegraph PDE Guided by Physical Haze Modeling

    Apr 26, 2026Manish Kumar, Rajendra K. RayPDE SolvingPhysics-Guided Image Restoration

    School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi (H.P), 175075, India

  25. IncepDeHazeGAN: Novel Satellite Image Dehazing

    Apr 17, 2026Tejeswar Pokuri, Shivarth RaiImage RestorationImage Dehazing

    No Institute Given

  26. Enhancing Hazy Wildlife Imagery: AnimalHaze3k and IncepDehazeGan

    Apr 17, 2026Shivarth Rai, Tejeswar PokuriSynthetic Data GenerationImage Restoration

    Department of Computer Science Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India

  27. Dehaze-then-Splat: Generative Dehazing with Physics-Informed 3D Gaussian Splatting for Smoke-Free Novel View Synthesis

    Apr 15, 2026Boss Chen, Hanqing WangNovel View SynthesisMulti-View Consistency

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

  28. PRISM: Rethinking Atmospheric Scattering Reconstruction as a Unified Understanding and Restoration Model for Real-world Dehazing

    Apr 8, 2026Chengyu Fang, Chunming He, Yuelin Zhang +6Image DehazingPhysics-Guided Image Restoration

    Tsinghua University · Duke University · CUHK +2

  29. CLIP-Guided Data Augmentation for Night-Time Image Dehazing

    Apr 7, 2026Xining Ge, Weijun Yuan, Gengjia Chang +2Image DehazingData Augmentation

    Hangzhou Dianzi University · Jinan University · Hefei University of Technology +2

  30. HistoFusionNet: Histogram-Guided Fusion and Frequency-Adaptive Refinement for Nighttime Image Dehazing

    Apr 4, 2026Mohammad Heydari, Wei Dong, Shahram Shirani +2Image DehazingImage Restoration

    McMaster University