Intensity surface stretching technique for contrast enhancement of digital photography

Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-95

  Kim, Do Hyeon ^a   Cha, Eui Young ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Image enhancement; Intensity surface

Indexed keywords

COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL COLOR IMAGES; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHIES; DIGITAL PHOTOS; GAMMA CORRECTIONS; GAUSSIAN SMOOTHING; HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATIONS; HISTOGRAM STRETCHING; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; INTENSITY SURFACE; NATURAL IMAGES; ORIGINAL IMAGES; OTHER ALGORITHMS; RETINEX; STRETCHING TECHNIQUES;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 60849130710     PISSN: 09236082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11045-008-0049-0     Document Type: Article

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