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Paper Abstract
The goal of this paper is to introduce a new fuzzy local iterative algorithm that matches local color statistics of a
reference image to the distribution of the input image. Reference images are considered to have a desirable color
distribution for a specific application. The proposed algorithm consists of three stages: (1) images clustering by fuzzy cmeans,
(2) clusters’ matching, and (3) color distribution transfer between the matching clusters. First, a color similarity
measurement is used to segment image regions in the reference and input images. Second, we match the most similar
clusters in order to avoid the appearing of undesirable artifacts due to differences in the color dynamic range. Third, the
color characteristics of the reference clusters are transferred to the equivalent clusters in the input image by applying an
iterative process. The new image normalization tool has several advantages: it is computationally efficient and it has the
potential of increasing substantially the accuracy of segmentation and classification systems based on analysis of color
features. Computer simulations indicate that the iterative and gradual color matching procedure is able to standardize the
appearance of color images according to a desirable color distribution and reduce the amount of artifacts appearing in the
resulting image.
Paper Details
Date Published: 28 May 2013
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 8755, Mobile Multimedia/Image Processing, Security, and Applications 2013, 875518 (28 May 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2016051
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8755:
Mobile Multimedia/Image Processing, Security, and Applications 2013
Sos S. Agaian; Sabah A. Jassim; Eliza Yingzi Du, Editor(s)
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 8755, Mobile Multimedia/Image Processing, Security, and Applications 2013, 875518 (28 May 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2016051
Show Author Affiliations
Clara Mosquera-Lopez, The Univ. of Texas at San Antonio (United States)
Sos Agaian, The Univ. of Texas at San Antonio (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8755:
Mobile Multimedia/Image Processing, Security, and Applications 2013
Sos S. Agaian; Sabah A. Jassim; Eliza Yingzi Du, Editor(s)
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