CD-UDepth: Complementary dual-source information fusion for underwater monocular depth estimation

Jiawei Guo, Jieming Ma, Feiyang Sun, Zhiqiang Gao, Ángel F. García-Fernández, Hai-Ning Liang, Xiaohui Zhu, Weiping Ding

Abstract: Highlights•A dual-source fusion framework is proposed for underwater depth estimation.•A novel IMT space mitigates color distortion issues in underwater images.•An adaptive fusion module combines the strength of RGB and IMT information.•Experiments show CD-UDepth excels in blurry, color-distorted underwater scenes.