Perception-Based Contrast Enhancement of Images

ACM Transactions on Applied Perception

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 17-

  Majumder, Aditi ^a   Irani, Sandy ^a  

^a Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Contrast; contrast enhancement; contrast sensitivity; Displays; Human perception; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011084580     PISSN: 15443558     EISSN: 15443965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1278387.1278391     Document Type: Article

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