Infrared image enhancement through contrast enhancement by using multiscale new top-hat transform

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 61-69

  Bai, Xiangzhi ^a   Zhou, Fugen ^a   Xue, Bindang ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Infrared image enhancement; Mathematical morphology; Multiscale; New top hat transform

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GRAY VALUE; IMAGE REGIONS; INFRARED IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED IMAGES; INFRARED IMAGING SENSORS; MULTISCALES; NEW TOP-HAT TRANSFORM; POWER STRATEGIES; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SURROUNDING REGIONS; TARGET DETECTION AND RECOGNITION; TOP-HAT TRANSFORM;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

EID: 79952441840     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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