Contrast enhancement technique based on local detection of edges

Abstract A digital processing technique is proposed in order to enhance image contrast without significant noise enhancement. The technique, derived from Gordon's algorithm, accounts for visual perception criteria, namely for contour detection. The efficiency of our algorithm is compared to Gordon's and to the classical ones.

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