Properties of jointly-blue noise masks and applications to color halftoning

Journal of Imaging Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 360-370

  Wang, Muge ^a   Parker, Kevin J ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

COLOR HALFTONING; JOINTLY BLUE NOISE MASKS (JBNM);

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0034228180     PISSN: 10623701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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