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This paper presents a new method of statistical differencing for the enhancement of contrast images. Our approach controls the sharpening effect using two constants in such a way, that enhancement occurs in intensity edges areas and very little in uniform areas. It has been proven that our method is superior to similar existent and can be applied to pre-process satellite images.
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Brad, R. (2008). Satellite Image Enhancement by Controlled Statistical Differentiation. In: Elleithy, K. (eds) Innovations and Advanced Techniques in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8735-6_7
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