• DocumentCode
    3276575
  • Title

    Fast Image/Video Contrast Enhancement Based on WTHE

  • Author

    Wang, Qing ; Ward, Rabab

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    3-6 Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    338
  • Lastpage
    343
  • Abstract
    We present a fast and effective method for image contrast enhancement based on weighted and thresholded histogram equalization (WTHE). In our proposed method, the probability distribution function of an image is modified by weighting and thresholding before the histogram equalization (HE) is performed. We show that such an approach provides a convenient and effective mechanism to control the enhancement process while being adaptive to various types of images. We also discuss applications of the proposed method in video enhancement
  • Keywords
    image enhancement; probability; video signal processing; WTHE; image-video contrast enhancement; probability distribution function; weighted-thresholded histogram equalization; Adaptive control; Biomedical image processing; Distributed computing; Distribution functions; Helium; Histograms; Image segmentation; Probability distribution; Process control; Programmable control; contrast enhancement; cumulative distribution function; histogram; histogram equalization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Multimedia Signal Processing, 2006 IEEE 8th Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Victoria, BC
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9751-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-9752-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MMSP.2006.285326
  • Filename
    4064576