Multi-histogram equalization methods for contrast enhancement and brightness preserving

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1186-1194

  Menotti, David ^a   Najman, Laurent ^a   Facon, Jacques ^b   Araújo, Arnaldo de A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brightness preserving; Contrast enhancement; Histogram equalization; Multi threshold selection

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; COST FUNCTIONS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMINANCE;

BRIGHTNESS PRESERVING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATION; MULTI-THRESHOLD SELECTION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 35348918748     PISSN: 00983063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2007.4341603     Document Type: Article

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