From Retinex to Automatic Color Equalization: Issues in developing a new algorithm for unsupervised color equalization

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-84

  Rizzi, Alessandro ^a   Gatta, Carlo ^a   Marini, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR CONSTANCY; COLOR EQUALIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISION;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 1842422080     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1635366     Document Type: Article

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