Synth-SONAR: Sonar Image Synthesis with Enhanced Diversity and Realism via Dual Diffusion Models and GPT Prompting

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GPT-prompted sonar image synthesis: A new frontier in underwater data generation.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.08612

Original Problem 🔍:

Sonar image synthesis faces challenges in data scarcity, quality, and diversity. Traditional methods rely on costly data collection, limiting research and applications in underwater exploration.

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Solution in this Paper 🛠️:

• Synth-SONAR framework leverages dual diffusion models and GPT prompting

• Creates large dataset by combining real, simulated, and AI-generated images

• Uses two-stage image generation: coarse and fine-grained

• Incorporates GPT and vision-language models for improved text-to-image synthesis

• Applies style injection techniques to enhance image diversity

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Key Insights from this Paper 💡:

• First application of GPT-prompting in sonar imagery generation

• Dual-stage diffusion model hierarchy enhances image quality and diversity

• Integration of language models bridges gap between text descriptions and sonar image generation

• Style injection with attention mechanism improves feature separation in generated images

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Results 📊:

• Outperforms state-of-the-art models in image quality metrics (SSIM: 0.381, PSNR: 12.730, FID: 3.8)

• Achieves up to 97% accuracy in sonar image classification when combining real and synthetic data

• Generates high-quality synthetic sonar images with enhanced diversity and realism

• Enables controlled and interpretable sonar image synthesis through text prompts