Retinex Image Processing--Publications--SPIE 4736, Orlando, Florida
Conference
Statistics of visual representation
Daniel J. Jobson, Zia-ur Rahman, Glenn A. Woodell
Abstract
The experience of retinex image processing has prompted us to reconsider
fundamental aspects of imaging and image processing. Foremost is the idea
that a good visual representation requires a non-linear transformation of
the recorded (approximately linear) image data. Further, this transformation
appears to converge on a specific distribution. Here we investigate the
connection between numerical and visual phenomena. Specifically the
questions explored are: (1) Is there a well-defined consistent statistical
character associated with good visual representations? (2) Does there
exist an ideal visual image? And (3) what are its statistical properties?
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