Veiling glare: The dynamic range limit of HDR images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6492, Issue , 2007, Pages

  McCann, J J ^a   Rizzi, A ^b  

^a McCann Imaging   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACE; Calibration of multiple exposure techniques; HDR imaging; Retinex; Spatial algorithms; Veiling glare

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; DISPLAY DEVICES; IMAGE ACQUISITION; LUMINANCE;

HDR IMAGING; MULTIPLE EXPOSURE TECHNIQUES; RETINEX; SPATIAL ALGORITHMS; VEILING GLARE;

VISION;

EID: 34547712395     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.703042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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