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Gamma correction enhancement of infrared night vision images using histogram processing

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This paper presents two proposed approaches for enhancing the visibility of the infrared (IR) night vision images. The first approach is based on merging gamma correction with histogram matching (HM). On the other hand, the second approach depends on merging gamma correction with contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE). The HM depends on a reference visual image for converting IR night vision images into images with better visual quality. Quality metrics such as entropy, average gradient, and Sobel edge magnitude are used for performance evaluation of the proposed approaches.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, 32952, Egypt

    M. I. Ashiba & M. S. Tolba

  2. Department of Electronics and Electrical Communications, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, 32952, Egypt

    A. S. El-Fishawy & F. E. Abd El-Samie

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Ashiba, M.I., Tolba, M.S., El-Fishawy, A.S. et al. Gamma correction enhancement of infrared night vision images using histogram processing. Multimed Tools Appl 78, 27771–27783 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-018-7086-y

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