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AUTOMATIC CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT BY HISTOGRAM WARPING

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Computer Vision and Graphics

Part of the book series: Computational Imaging and Vision ((CIVI,volume 32))

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We present an automated algorithm for global contrast enhancement of images with multimodal histograms. To locate modes and valleys, histogram analysis is performed by kernel density estimation, a robust nonparametric statistical method. Histogram warping by monotonic splines pushes the modes apart, spreading them out more evenly across the dynamic range. This technique can assist in the contrast correction of images taken facing the light source.

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  1. Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Mark Grundland & Neil A. Dodgson

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  1. Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    K. Wojciechowski

  2. Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    B. Smolka

  3. Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    H. Palus

  4. The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

    R.S. Kozera

  5. Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

    W. Skarbek

  6. The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

    L. Noakes

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Grundland, M., A. Dodgson, N. (2006). AUTOMATIC CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT BY HISTOGRAM WARPING. In: Wojciechowski, K., Smolka, B., Palus, H., Kozera, R., Skarbek, W., Noakes, L. (eds) Computer Vision and Graphics. Computational Imaging and Vision, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4179-9_42

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