Image quality analysis of a novel histogram equalization method for image contrast enhancement

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E93-D, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1773-1779

  Cheng, Fan Chieh ^a   Ruan, Shanq Jang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Histogram equalization; Quality analysis

Indexed keywords

EQUALIZERS; GRAPHIC METHODS;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATIONS; IMAGE CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ACCURACY; STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS; VISION BASED SYSTEM; VISUAL INFORMATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 77956054694     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: 17451361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transinf.E93.D.1773     Document Type: Conference Paper

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