Image enhancement using background brightness preserving histogram equalisation

Histogram equalisation (HE) is widely used to enhance the image contrast but it tends to over-enhance the image background brightness. Improvement schemes have been introduced to reduce this defect of the conventional HE, but the over-enhancement of the background brightness is still obvious. A nove...

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Main Authors: Tan, T.L., Sim, K.S., Tso, C.P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/3381/
http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/3381/1/5.pdf
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Summary:Histogram equalisation (HE) is widely used to enhance the image contrast but it tends to over-enhance the image background brightness. Improvement schemes have been introduced to reduce this defect of the conventional HE, but the over-enhancement of the background brightness is still obvious. A novel approach of nonlinear HE is presented, which is able to enhance the image contrast while preserving the background brightness for images with well-defined background brightness.