Rational unsharp masking technique

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 333-338

  Ramponi, Giovanni ^a   Polesel, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

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EID: 0000455563     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.482649     Document Type: Article

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