Haze removal for image enhancement

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5678, Issue , 2005, Pages 254-265

  Groszek, Maria L ^a   Allebach, Jan P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Haze; Haze removal; Horizon finding

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HAZE; HAZE REMOVAL; HORIZON FINDING;

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFLECTION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 21844440308     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.593054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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