A systematic review and analysis of deep learning-based underwater object detection

Shubo Xu, Minghua Zhang, Wei Song, Haibin Mei, Qi He, Antonio Liotta

Abstract: Highlights•Providing an in-depth and comprehensive review related to underwater object detection.•Extensively exploring the correlation between underwater image enhancement and underwater object detection.•Analyzing the impact and augmentation forms of underwater image enhancement in underwater object detection.•Discussing the challenges, future trends and applications of underwater object detection.