Measure of image clarity using image features extracted by the multiscale top-hat transform

Journal of Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bai, Xiangzhi ^a   Li, Yan ^b   Zhou, Fugen ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

image clarity measure; mathematical morphology; microscopy; top hat transform

Indexed keywords

IMAGE FUSION; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

AUTOMATIC FOCUSING; DISCRIMINATION ABILITY; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; IMAGE CLARITY; IMAGE CLARITY MEASURES; IMAGE FEATURES; STRUCTURING ELEMENT; TOP-HAT TRANSFORM;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84859602762     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/14/4/045402     Document Type: Article

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