Wideband enhancement of television images for people with visual impairments

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 937-950

  Peli, Eli ^a   Kim, Jeonghoon ^b   Yitzhaky, Yitzhak ^c   Goldstein, Robert B ^a   Woods, Russell L ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Dept of Electronics Communication ^*  (South Korea)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; CURVE FITTING; EDGE DETECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PATIENT TREATMENT; TELEVISION PICTURE QUALITY; VISION;

BIPOLAR CONTOUR MAP; IMAGE ACQUISITION; TELEVISION IMAGES; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PATIENTS; WIDEBAND ENHANCEMENT METHOD;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEVISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DATA DISPLAY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TELEVISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 3042576230     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000937     Document Type: Article

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