A new algorithm for improving the low contrast of computed tomography images using tuned brightness controlled single-scale Retinex

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Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 116-125

  Al Ameen, Zohair ^a   Sulong, Ghazali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

computed tomography, contrast enhancement; image processing; single scale Retinex

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUMINANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPARATIVE METHODS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; LOW COMPLEXITY ALGORITHM; NATURAL APPEARANCE; QUALITY EVALUATION; RETINEX; RETINEX ALGORITHMS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; LOW CONTRAST; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE SCALE RETINEX;

EID: 84926676921     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: 19328745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.21187     Document Type: Article

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