Dynamic-range compression and contrast enhancement in infrared imaging systems

Optical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Branchitta, Francesco ^a   Diani, Marco ^a   Corsini, Giovanni ^a   Porta, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b GALILEO AVIONICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

dynamic range compression; IR imaging; local contrast enhancement

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EDGE SHARPNESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; HUMAN OBSERVERS; IMAGE CONTRASTS; INFRA-RED SENSOR; INFRARED IMAGES; LOCAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; RECORDED SIGNALS; SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; THERMAL CAMERA; THIRD GENERATION; VISIBLE SPECTRAL REGIONS;

ALGORITHMS; DISPLAY DEVICES; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED IMAGING; VISUALIZATION;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 70349200298     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2956655     Document Type: Article

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