Nonlinear unsharp masking methods for image contrast enhancement

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 353-366

  Ramponi, Giovanni ^a   Strobel, Norbert ^b   Mitra, Sanjit K ^b   Yu, Tian Hu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0000906089     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.242618     Document Type: Article

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