An approach to adaptive infrared image enhancement for long-range surveillance

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 84-91

  Lin, Chih Lung ^a,b  

^a HWA HSIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptive contrast enhancement; Histogram equalization; Hybrid cumulative histogram; IR image

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ADAPTIVE EQUALIZATION; ADAPTIVE PROCESS; CUMULATIVE HISTOGRAM; DIFFRACTION EFFECTS; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; HIGH SPATIAL FREQUENCY; HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATION; HYBRID CUMULATIVE HISTOGRAM; IMAGE HISTOGRAMS; INFRARED IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED IMAGES; IR IMAGES; LONG RANGE; LONG-RANGE SURVEILLANCE; LOW CONTRAST; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; ORIGINAL IMAGES; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE;

GRAPHIC METHODS; INFRARED IMAGING; MONITORING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 79952450607     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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