Color balancing of digital photos using simple image statistics

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1201-1217

  Gasparini, Francesca ^a   Schettini, Raimondo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cast detection; Cast removal; Color constancy; Gray world algorithm; Von Kries; White balance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; COLOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNET; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNDERWATER IMAGING;

COLOR BALANCING; COLOR CAST; DIGITAL IMAGES; IMAGE STATISTICS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

DIGITAL IMAGE;

EID: 2142699483     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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