Neural network approach for image chromatic adaptation for skin color detection

International Journal of Neural Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Bourbakis, N ^a   Kakumanu, P ^a   Makrogiannis, S ^a   Bryll, R ^a   Panchanathan, S ^b  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Image chromatic adaptation; Neural color constancy and skin color detection; Neural networks; Skin color adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; COLOR; ILLUMINATION METERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

COLOR STABILIZATION; IMAGE CHROMATIC ADAPTATION; NEURAL COLOR CONSTANCY; SKIN COLOR ADAPTATION; SKIN COLOR DETECTION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 34047137280     PISSN: 01290657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129065707000920     Document Type: Article

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