Multi-scale image enhancement using a second derivative-like measure of contrast

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8295, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nercessian, Shahan ^a   Agaian, Sos S ^b   Panetta, Karen A ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Image enhancement; Laplacian Pyramid; multi scale; second derivative like measure of contrast

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE INTENSITY; BACKGROUND LUMINANCE; COMPLEX IMAGE; HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT ALGORITHM; LAPLACIAN PYRAMID; MACHINE PERCEPTION; MICHELSON; MULTISCALES; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SECOND DERIVATIVE-LIKE MEASURE OF CONTRAST; VISUAL CONTRAST; VISUAL QUALITIES;

ALGORITHMS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84857583026     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.906494     Document Type: Conference Paper

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