Reevaluation of color constancy algorithm performance

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

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1008-1020

  Hordley, Steven D ^a   Finlayson, Graham D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EVALUATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL TESTS;

COLOR CONSTANCY ALGORITHM; EMPIRICAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL FRAMEWORK;

COLOR;

EID: 33745226487     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.001008     Document Type: Article

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