Estimation-theoretic approach to dynamic range enhancement using multiple exposures

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-228

  Robertson, Mark A ^a   Borman, Sean ^a   Stevenson, Robert L ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RANGE ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOGRAPHIC DYNAMIC RANGE; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; WEIGHTED AVERAGE;

ALGORITHMS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 0038735393     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1557695     Document Type: Article

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