Algorithm for infrared small target image enhancement based on wavelet transform and human visual properties

Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-273

  Wang, Xuewei ^a   Liu, Songtao ^a   Zhou, Xiaodong ^a  

^a NAVAL AERONAUTICAL AND ASTRONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human visual properties; Image enhancement; Inclusive OR; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NONLINEAR FILTERING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COMPUTATION TIME; CONTRAST NONLINEAR ENHANCING ALGORITHM; DENOISING TECHNIQUES; HUMAN VISUAL PROPERTIES; PHASE FILTERING; VISUAL QUALITY; WAVELET COEFFICIENTS; WAVELET DOMAIN INCLUSIVE OR DENOISING ALGORITHM (WDIDA);

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 33747398607     PISSN: 16711793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1004-4132(06)60046-7     Document Type: Article

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