Title :
Color image dehazing using the near-infrared
Author :
Schaul, Lex ; Fredembach, Clément ; Süsstrunk, Sabine
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Commun. Sci., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
In landscape photography, distant objects often appear blurred with a blue color cast, a degradation caused by atmospheric haze. To enhance image contrast, pleasantness and information content, dehazing can be performed.
Keywords :
colour photography; image colour analysis; image enhancement; infrared imaging; color image dehazing; distant objects; image contrast enhancement; landscape photography; near-infrared; Cameras; Color; Degradation; Filters; Image fusion; Layout; Light scattering; Mie scattering; Particle scattering; Rayleigh scattering; Edge-preserving filters; Haze; Image fusion; Multi-resolution; Near-infrared; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing (ICIP), 2009 16th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5653-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1522-4880
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.2009.5413700
