A unified framework for scene illuminant estimation

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-429

  Zhou, Wei ^a   Kambhamettu, Chandra ^a  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

Illumination; Light source estimation; Ray tracing; Source type determination

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LIGHT SOURCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING;

ILLUMINANT ESTIMATION ALGORITHMS; LIGHT SOURCE ESTIMATION;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

EID: 36549004073     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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