Fast image/video contrast enhancement based on weighted thresholded histogram equalization

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 757-764

  Wang, Qing ^a   Ward, Rabab Kreidieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Cumulative distribution function; Histogram; Histogram equalization

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; HISTOGRAM; HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 34547684722     PISSN: 00983063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2007.381756     Document Type: Article

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