保持图像亮度的局部直方图均衡算法

现有的局部直方图均衡算法用于图像的对比度增强时,输出图像的亮度与输入图像无关.由于图像增强的很多实际应用需要保持原始图像的亮度,为此提出一种新的局部直方图均衡算法.以子块部分重叠的局部直方图均衡算法 (POSHE)为基础,改进其对子块图像的均衡方式:根据亮度均值对子块图像进行递归分解,得到一系列不同灰度范围的子图像,然后对每一个子图像在其相应的灰度范围内进行直方图均衡,最后合并这些子图像的均衡结果.实验结果表明,这种局部直方图均衡新算法既能充分增强图像局部细节,又能保持输入图像的亮度,且亮度的保持程度可由用户进行控制.本文算法使所增强的图像具有更加自然的视觉效果,能更好地满足消费类电子工业对图像对比度增强的应用要求.     

一种自适应提升视频图像对比度的算法

面向数字电视视频后处理芯片中提高对比度的需求,针对传统直方图均衡技术偏离原始平均亮度,放大背景噪声的缺点,提出了一种基于改进的直方图均衡的视频图像对比度提升技术.首先改善统计直方图的方法,将得到的累积直方图限制在一定范围内;然后根据平均亮度计算均衡系数;最后根据累积直方图和均衡系数,得到变换函数曲线并进行映射.仿真结果表明,应用该方法处理后的视频图像,在提升图像对比度的同时,既保持了原始图像的平均亮度,又没有增强背景噪声.     

基于改进直方图均衡的红外图像对比度增强算法

针对红外图像灰度分布集中、对比度低的特征,提出了一种基于改进直方图均衡的对比度增强算法。首先采用线性对比度增强将原始16位红外图像映射到8位图像A;然后采用改进的平台直方图均衡将原始16位红外图像映射到8位图像B;再根据输入图像的灰度级范围动态确定映射图像A和B的权值;最后以确定的权值将映射图像A和B合并,得到最终对比度增强的图像。该方法克服了传统平台直方图均衡算法噪声过大及亮度突变的缺点,动态结合了传统的灰度变换增强算法,能根据全图目标与背景灰度的分布情况自适应调整对比度。实验表明,该算法在增强目标对比度的同时有效保留了图像的整体信息,改善了视觉效果。     

基于模糊理论和CLAHE的雾天图像自适应清晰化算法

为了解决雾天图像低对比度的问题,提出了一种基于模糊理论和CLAHE的雾天图像的自适应清晰化算法.此算法结合图像的均值和标准差,将雾天图像从空域转换到模糊域,采用模糊增强算法实现全局雾天图像的自适应对比度增强后再采用有约束的局部直方图算法对雾天图像的亮度分量进行处理,在空域内进一步实现雾天图像的对比度增强.实验结果表明,该算法将模糊域和空间域的方法相结合,可以提高雾天图像的亮度和对比度,使雾天图像的视觉效果得到一定改善.     

基于直方图均衡及融合的红外图像增强技术

针对红外图像的特点,提出了一种基于直方图变换及图像融合的红外图像增强的新方法.该方法利用平稳小波分解进行噪声抑制,通过自适应直方图均衡提高图像对比度,并利用非线性滤波算法增加新的高频分量,最后进行图像融合以实现图像的增强.该算法克服了传统直方图均衡增强背景而削弱目标以及平台直方图均衡中难以选择平台值的缺点,并大幅度提高了图像的细节.实验结果表明,该算法对红外图像具有很好的增强效果,可以很好地抑制背景,提高目标的对比度,同时使目标的细节更加明显.     

基于自适应非线性滤波的红外图像增强算法

为了提高红外焦平面阵列的成像质量,提出一种基于自适应非线性滤波器与直方图均衡相结合的红外图像增强算法,该算法利用自适应非线性滤波器抑制噪声,并通过直方图均衡对红外图像进行增强处理,提高了红外图像的对比度,有效地提高了红外图像的成像质量.实验结果表明,利用此算法增强后的红外图像视觉效果清晰,细节完整,达到设计要求.     

红外图像噪声滤波对比度增强算法

针对红外图像噪声大、对比度低的特点,在传统直方图均衡原理的基础上,利用像素邻域高斯分布特征,介绍了一种基于噪声滤波的对比度增强算法.首先,计算原始图像统计直方图;其次,对统计直方图进行噪声滤波:最后.利用构造的加权函数对直方图间距进行均衡处理.改进的对比度增强算法避免了传统直方图均衡对灰度邻近、分布较少的灰度级进行合并,从而保留了图像细节信息.仿真实验表明:该算法在增强图像对比度的同时,有效保留了局部细节信息,具有一定的实用价值.     

基于超声测井图像的动态直方图均衡算法研究

超声测井图像低亮度低对比度区域的图像,采用常规直方图均衡算法进行图像增强无法很好的突出局部细节。为了解决这个问题,提出一种动态直方图均衡的图像算法对测井图像进行增强的算法。该算法的直方图是根据被均衡图像数据所在井段位置上下一个局部范围内进行统计,从而保证对每个深度的图像都尽可能均衡到最佳。实验结果证明,该算法较常规直方图均衡算法能更好的局部增强实际测井图像,对测井资料的处理具有很重要实际意义。     

基于改进引导滤波分层技术的红外图像增强算法

针对高动态范围红外图像在压缩显示过程中容易出现对比度低、细节模糊,以及传统增强算法在处理连续多帧的红外图像时亮度跳变的问题,提出了一种基于改进引导滤波分层技术的红外图像增强算法。该算法使用改进引导滤波对图像进行分层,从而得到质量更高的原始细节层,并使用噪声掩膜技术对其去噪;基础层使用改进的直方图均衡算法提升对比度;增强后的基础层与细节层加权融合,再通过基于神经网络的自适应伽马校正得到亮度恒定的增强图像。实验表明,相较对比算法,该算法在平均梯度上提升了2.8左右、在对比度增强测量指标上提升了10左右,同时使帧间亮度方差下降到了0.1,说明该算法具有较好的细节增强效果和亮度稳定性。     

基于Contourlet变换的焊缝X射线图像增强

为了改善X射线成像对比度低、背景噪声明显、被测工件细节不易显示等缺点.针对X射线图像的特点及常规增强方法的不足,应用一种基于Contourlet变换的增强算法,对X射线图像进行图像增强,提高了原图像的对比度和像质,达到了细节区域的最佳视觉效果.实验结果表明,该算法与直方图均衡和小波域图像增强方法相比,有效的增强了对比度、抑制了背景噪声.该算法对X射线图像增强后,图像所达到的射线检测标准比前两种算法高.     

Contrast enhancement by modified octagon histogram equalization

Histogram equalization is the common method used for contrast enhancement. The mean brightness of the image is adjusted to middle of the permitted range and hence is not suitable for consumer electronics products. A novel contrast enhancement method using modified octagon histogram equalization is developed to overcome the drawback of conventional technique for gray scale images. The proposed algorithm is applied for boat image, microstructure of steel and human head. The contrast enhanced out of the images mentioned is obtained, and the efficiency of the algorithm is evaluated. Simulation results shows that the proposed method can enhance the different types of images effectively. Besides, the proposed contrast enhancement method using modified octagon histogram equalization has comparable performance with black and white stretching and adaptive histogram equalization.     

Bi-histogram equalization using two plateau limits

Histogram equalization is an effective method for contrast enhancement on images, but it suffers from some problems such as the tendency to change the mean brightness, loss of information and the introduction of saturation levels which causes an unnatural appearance in the resulting image. Due to the aforementioned problems, a variety of histogram equalization methods have been developed in order to preserve the image brightness, thus avoiding saturation levels that cause loss of information. In this paper, the bi-histogram equalization using two plateau limits (BHE2PL) for histogram equalization is proposed. BHE2PL divides the global histogram into two sub-histograms; then, each sub-histogram is modified by two plateau limits in order to avoid over-enhancement of the image. Experimental results indicate that the BHE2PL method exhibits a better mean brightness preservation compared to methods found in the state of the art; in addition to also presenting a reasonable computation time.     

An image pixel based variational model for histogram equalization

In this paper, we develop an image pixel based histogram equalization model for image contrast enhancement. The approach is to propose a variational model containing an energy functional to adjust the pixel values of an input image directly so that the resulting histogram can be redistributed to be uniform. This idea is different from existing histogram equalization algorithms where a histogram based on the input image is constructed, a mapping is determined to output a uniform histogram and then the pixel values of the input image are adjusted based on the mapping. In the variational model, a mean brightness term is incorporated to preserve the brightness of the input image, and a geometry constraint can also be added to keep the geometry structure of the input image. Theoretically, the existence of the minimizer of the proposed model, and the convergence of the proposed algorithm are given. Experimental results are reported to demonstrate that the performance of the proposed model are competitive with the other testing histogram equalization methods for several testing images.     

基于小波分频与直方图均衡的图像增强算法

传统直方图均衡化算法在增强图像的同时也丢失了图像细节、增强了图像的噪声信号,导致信息熵下降。结合小波变换多尺度、多分辨率的特点和直方图均衡的优势,提出一种基于小波分频和直方图均衡的高亮度图像增强算法。首先利用小波变换将图像分解为低频分量和高频分量,然后仅对低频分量做直方图均衡处理,再由均衡后的低频分量与各高频分量进行小波重构。实验结果表明,该算法对于亮度较高的灰度图像有较好的增强效果。     

Contrast enhancement using feature-preserving bi-histogram equalization

A new contrast enhancement algorithm is proposed, which is based on the fact that, for conventional histogram equalization, a uniform input histogram produces an equalized output histogram. Hence before applying histogram equalization, we modify the input histogram in such a way that it is close to a uniform histogram as well as the original one. Thus, the proposed method can improve the contrast while preserving original image features. The main steps of the new algorithm are adaptive gamma transform, exposure-based histogram splitting, and histogram addition. The object of gamma transform is to restrain histogram spikes to avoid over-enhancement and noise artifacts effect. Histogram splitting is for preserving mean brightness, and histogram addition is used to control histogram pits. Extensive experiments are conducted on 300 test images. The results are evaluated subjectively as well as by DE, PSNR EBCM, GMSD, and MCSD metrics, on which, except for the PSNR, the proposed algorithm has some improvements of 2.89, 9.83, 28.32, and 26.38% over the second best ESIHE algorithm, respectively. That is to say, the overall image quality is better.     

采用暗态点光源模型的夜间去雾算法

针对夜间雾、霾场景下的去雾图像存在颜色失真、纹理损失、亮度低等缺陷,本文提出了一种采用暗态点光源模型的夜间去雾算法,通过构建夜间雾、霾场景的暗态点光源模型,利用联合双边滤波、限制对比度自适应直方图均衡化等算法对降质图像进行处理,结合大气散射模型得到去雾图像。实验结果表明,该算法的处理速度快、夜间去雾效果较好,较对比算法在对比度、平均梯度以及信息熵上均有一定程度地改善,有效解决了去雾图像的颜色失真、纹理损失、亮度低等缺陷。     

Automatic Contrast Enhancement by Transfer Function Modification

In this study, we propose an automatic contrast enhancement method based on transfer function modification (TFM) by histogram equalization. Previous histogram‐based global contrast enhancement techniques employ histogram modification, whereas we propose a direct TFM technique that considers the mean brightness of an image during contrast enhancement. The mean point shifting method using a transfer function is proposed to preserve the mean brightness of an image. In addition, the linearization of transfer function technique, which has a histogram flattening effect, is designed to reduce visual artifacts. An attenuation factor is automatically determined using the maximum value of the probability density function in an image to control its rate of contrast. A new quantitative measurement method called sparsity of a histogram is proposed to obtain a better objective comparison relative to previous global contrast enhancement methods. According to our experimental results, we demonstrated the performance of our proposed method based on generalized measures and the newly proposed measurement.     

图像通信中一种低照度彩色图像增强算法

针对低照度彩色图像细节模糊、亮度不高等问题,提出一种新的彩色图像增强算法。首先引入新传递函数改进传统同态滤波,然后,在RGB色彩空间上,分别对R、G、B分量用改进的同态滤波和对比度受限自适应直方图均衡（CLAHE）进行增强。接着,转换到HSV色彩空间,用非线性函数对亮度进行光照补偿,对饱和度进行1.5倍拉伸。最后恢复图像色彩信息。实验结果表明,新算法在保持图像细节的同时能够增强图像对比度,使图像清晰度更高。     

基于Piecewise直方图均衡化的图像增强方法

提出了一种基于Piecewise直方图均衡化的图像增强方法,有机地结合了亮度拉伸和传统直方图均衡化的优点。通过定义直方图中相邻灰度级的距离,引入了一个基于直方图均值和标准偏差的Piecewise线性变换,探讨了图像过亮时Piecewise直方图均衡化参数的选取。实验表明,该方法的处理结果能有效避免现有的直方图均衡化方法中的"吞噬"问题和亮度饱和问题。在增强图像时不仅能保留细节,而且具有更加自然的视觉效果。