Infrared image detail enhancement based on the gradient field specification

Applied Optics

Volumn , Issue 19, 2014, Pages 4141-4149

  Zhao, Wenda ^a,b   Xu, Zhijun ^a   Zhao, Jian ^a   Zhao, Fan ^a,b   Han, Xizhen ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; EQUALIZERS; GRAPHIC METHODS; INFRARED IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; SPECIFICATIONS;

GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; GRADIENT FIELDS; GRADIENT HISTOGRAMS; HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATIONS; IMAGE CONTRASTS; IMAGE GRADIENTS; IMAGE INFORMATION; LUNAR SURFACE;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC USE; EVALUATION STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFRARED RAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84903641274     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.53.004141     Document Type: Article

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