Color Image Enhancement Using Multiscale Retinex and Image Fusion Techniques

In this paper, an edge-strength guided multiscale
retinex (EGMSR) approach will be proposed for color image contrast
enhancement. In EGMSR, the pixel-dependent weight associated with
each pixel in the single scale retinex output image is computed
according to the edge strength around this pixel in order to prevent
from over-enhancing the noises contained in the smooth dark/bright
regions. Further, by fusing together the enhanced results of EGMSR
and adaptive multiscale retinex (AMSR), we can get a natural fused
image having high contrast and proper tonal rendition. Experimental
results on several low-contrast images have shown that our proposed
approach can produce natural and appealing enhanced images.

• Chang-Hsing Lee
• Cheng-Chang Lien
• Chin-Chuan Han

• Image Enhancement
• Multiscale Retinex
• Image Fusion.

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