Using a recursive rational filter to enhance color images

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1230-1236

  Marsi, Stefano ^a   Impoco, Gaetano ^a,b   Ukovich, Anna ^a   Ramponi, Giovanni ^a   Carrato, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color image enhancement; High dynamic range images; Perceptual distance measurement; Recursive rational filters (RRFs)

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHTING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REFLECTION;

HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGES; PERCEPTUAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; RECURSIVE RATIONAL FILTERS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 44349151535     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.915141     Document Type: Article

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