Definition:Color image filtering and enhancement refer to the process of noise reduction in the color image and enhancement of the visual quality of the image input.
Noise encountered into the image data reduces the perceptual quality of an image and thus limits the performance of the imaging system. The generation of high quality color images which are visually pleasing is of great importance in a variety of application areas. That pre supposes image filtering, since images captured with sensing devices and transmitted through communication networks are often corrupted by noise (Figure 1) [1], [2], [3]. Therefore, both filtering and enhancement constitute an important part of any image processing pipeline where the final image is utilized for visual inspection or for automatic analysis.
A block scheme of the common image acquisition/transmission/processing pipeline.
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Lukac, R., Plataniotis, K.N., Venetsanopoulos, A.N. (2006). Color Image Filtering and Enhancement. In: Furht, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Multimedia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30038-4_24
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