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.
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Language:English
Published: 2012
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description 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.
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spelling mmu-33812014-03-05T02:50:28Z http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/3381/ Image enhancement using background brightness preserving histogram equalisation Tan, T.L. Sim, K.S. Tso, C.P. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) 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. 2012-02 Article PeerReviewed text en http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/3381/1/5.pdf Tan, T.L. and Sim, K.S. and Tso, C.P. (2012) Image enhancement using background brightness preserving histogram equalisation. Electronics Letters, 48 (3). 155-U34. ISSN 00135194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/el.2011.3421 doi:10.1049/el.2011.3421 doi:10.1049/el.2011.3421
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Tan, T.L.
Sim, K.S.
Tso, C.P.
Image enhancement using background brightness preserving histogram equalisation
title Image enhancement using background brightness preserving histogram equalisation
title_full Image enhancement using background brightness preserving histogram equalisation
title_fullStr Image enhancement using background brightness preserving histogram equalisation
title_full_unstemmed Image enhancement using background brightness preserving histogram equalisation
title_short Image enhancement using background brightness preserving histogram equalisation
title_sort image enhancement using background brightness preserving histogram equalisation
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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