Error-diffusion with blue-noise properties for midtones

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4663, Issue , 2002, Pages 293-301

  Jodoin, Pierre Marc ^a   Ostromoukhov, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Blue noise; Halftoning; Midtones; Variable coefficient approach

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ERRORS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTIMIZATION; VISUALIZATION;

BLUE NOISE; HALFTONING; VARIABLE COEFFICIENT APPROACH;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0036404769     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.452999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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