Linearisation of RGB camera responses for quantitative image analysis of visible and UV photography: A comparison of two techniques

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Garcia, Jair E ^a   Dyer, Adrian G ^a   Greentree, Andrew D ^a   Spring, Gale ^a   Wilksch, Philip A ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84894183938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079534     Document Type: Article

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