Gradient domain contrast enhancement with histogram-guided boundary conditions

Chulwoo Lee, Chul Lee, Chang Su Kim

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Abstract

A novel contrast enhancement algorithm with histogram-guided boundary conditions is proposed in this work. The proposed algorithm enhances details in local regions by boosting gradient components, while improving the overall contrast by imposing boundary conditions based on a global transformation function. Moreover, we develop an efficient masking scheme, called the soft masking, to strike the balance between the global enhancement and the local enhancement. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can yield high quality output images by improving both global and local contrast simultaneously.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICIP 2011
Subtitle of host publication2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing
Pages3433-3436
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2011 - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 11 Sep 201114 Sep 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Conference

Conference2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2011
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBrussels
Period11/09/1114/09/11

Keywords

  • contrast enhancement
  • Gradient domain image processing
  • histogram equalization
  • image enhancement

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