Halftone postprocessing for improved rendition of highlights and shadows

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-158

  Atkins, Clayton Brian ^a   Allebach, Jan P ^b   Bouman, Charles A ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0005237976     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.482735     Document Type: Article

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