基于BIRCH聚类加速的彩色图像增强算法

针对现存的大多图像增强算法增强的图像可见性丢失问题,提出了一种基于BIRCH聚类加速的彩色图像增强算法;首先,通过BIRCH聚类加速确定数据库中与输入图像直方图相似度最高的图像来提取图像特征;然后,选择最小欧氏距离的特征值进行图像融合以获取目标图像;最后,增强图像通过目标图像直方图规范化和后期处理获得;大量图像融合实验结果验证了算法的有效性,该算法扩展了图像增强的类别,解决了增强过程中可能出现的可见性丢失问题,使图像增强的适应性更强;另外,EM、CII和SSIM评估指标的结果表明该算法明显改善了增强效果。     

Fast and robust color constancy algorithm based on grey block-differencing hypothesis

Color constancy is a fundamental research topic in color and vision. Numerous methods have been proposed in recent years. New methods are highly accurate but tend to be more complex. This paper proposes a simple low-level statistical algorithm based on a new hypothesis, the grey block-differencing hypothesis, which states that the average of reflectance differences of adjacent blocks in a scene is achromatic. The new method has almost the same complexity as the simplest methods (i.e., grey world and max-RGB). Experimental results demonstrate that the accuracy of the proposed method is exceptional.     

基于特征融合的红外图像增强算法

在红外图像处理过程中,提高图像的对比度,抑制噪声以及突出图像细节尤为重要,针对这些问题,提出了基于特征融合的红外图像增强算法.以引导滤波为基础对图像进行平滑分层,得到基本层和细节层,基本层采用CLA-HE算法扩展低频分量的范围,而对于细节层采用Log算子与Laplace算子分别处理,依据梯度因子的权重信息获得融合细节层...     

基于灰度聚类算法的红外图像增强研究

根据红外灰度图像的特点，提出了一种基于K-均值聚类的图像增强的新算法。该算法首先根据具体图像确定K值，其次对红外图像的辐射温度数据进行统计学习，把不同温度值按升序排列，然后按等差原则选取温度值作为初始聚类中心，再依据初始聚类中心采用K-均值聚类算法对温度进行聚类，最后由聚类结果对图像进行自适应增强。通过对红外灰度图像进行实验，得到了满意的结果: 对比直方图均衡，具有更丰富的图像细节信息和层次感，视觉效果更好。     

A quantitative measure based infrared image enhancement algorithm using plateau histogram

A quantitative measure based scene-adaptive contrast enhancement algorithm for an infrared (IR) image is proposed. This method regulates the probability density function (PDF) of the raw image firstly, and then applies an improved plateau histogram equalization method whose plateau threshold is determined by the concavity of the regulated PDF to enhance the raw IR image. In the stepped parameter tuning process of the algorithm, quantitative measure EME is used as the criterion to determine the optimal PDF regulator factor and plateau threshold. The above improvements contribute to the performance promotion of the proposed algorithm, whose effectiveness is validated by the final assessment with visual quality and quantitative measures.     

基于Sigmoid-iCAM色貌模型的真实影像再现算法

为了模拟人类视觉系统成像机制,真实再现人眼对外界场景的视觉感知,为机器视觉提供符合生物视觉特性的理想图像,从色度学的角度研究了彩色图像的真实影像再现技术。针对色貌模型存在图像模糊、对比度低的缺点,在iCAM色貌模型的基础上,引入了人工神经网络的非线性Sigmoid函数,提出了基于Sigmoid-iCAM色貌模型的真实影像再现算法,并给出了该模型处理不同类型图像的控制参数统计规律。与基于CIECAM02、iCAM色貌模型的真实影像再现算法相比,该算法在对色调失真图像实现颜色复原的同时,有效地提高了图像的对比度和局部细节,很好地实现了视觉系统的颜色恒定性。     

基于神经网络的低照度彩色图像增强算法

由于低照度彩色图像存在整体亮度低、对比度低、颜色偏暗和信噪比低等特点,所以经典图像增强算法对其增强效果非常有限。提出了一种利用BP神经网络进行彩色图像增强的算法,并将RGB图像转换成HSI图像,以保证增强处理不引起图像的色彩失真。实验证明:该方法显著地改善了低照度彩色图像的视觉效果,提高了图像整体亮度和图像的信噪比,可调节图像的动态范围,能增强图像的对比度和细节,可增加图像信息熵。     

Cryptanalysis of a color image encryption algorithm based on chaos

A novel image encryption algorithm based on logistic map is proposed recently. In this paper, a chosen plaintext attack on this algorithm is presented and some other flaws of the algorithm are pointed out. Theoretical analysis and experimental simulation indicate that the plain image can be recovered exactly from the cipher image without secret key. Therefore, this algorithm is not secure enough for practical applications. An improvement is proposed to enhance the security of the original algorithm. Simulation results and theoretical analysis show that the improved scheme has expected cryptographic properties and is more secure than the original algorithm.     

基于结构特征引导滤波的深度图像增强算法研究

为了解决深度图像中存在的图像模糊、空洞和噪声等图像质量问题,拟从软件的角度出发,在不改变传感器成像系统物理结构的前提下,基于结构特征并以彩色图像作为引导展开研究,实现深度图像增强和空洞修补的目的,提高深度图像的质量。通过对彩色图像和深度图像的结构特征进行提取,得到共性的全局特征,并对得到的结构特征进行联合双边滤波,最后基于马尔科夫随机场的方法进行深度图像增强,实现了低成本获取深度增强的图像。实验结果表明本文算法在保持图像边缘的细节性、平滑性和整体性上具有更好的效果,与其他算法相比,图像的均方根误差RMSE更低,仅为0.506 93及1.169 30（针对Teddy及Art图像）。     

基于图像分割和局部亮度调整的微光图像颜色传递算法

为提高微光夜视图像质量,提出一种基于图像分割和局部亮度调整的颜色传递算法。用简单线性迭代聚类结合K均值聚类对微光图像进行分割,在YCbCr颜色空间中利用子区域与参考图像每一个像素点上亮度的一致性,将匹配参考图像的颜色分量传递到目标图像的子区域,以目标图像纹理特征中对比度的值作为系数,调整目标图像子区域的亮度值,进行颜色空间转换并显示颜色传递结果。搭建了微光图像成像系统,进行了微光图像分割及完成了微光图像的颜色传递。结果表明,改进的分割算法将图像中不同的景物分割出来,得到的彩色微光图像的峰值信噪均值达到12.048 dB,比Welsh算法平均提高2.63 dB。     

A novel blind digital watermarking algorithm for embedding color image into color image

A robust and blind watermarking technique for dual color images is proposed in this paper. According to the energy concentrating feature of DCT, the two-level DCT is introduced and used to embed color watermark image into color host image, which is completely different with the traditional DCT. For reducing the redundancy of watermark information, the original color watermark image is compressed by the proposed compression method. After two-level DCT, nine AC coefficients in different positions of each sub-block are selected and quantified to embed watermark information. Moreover, only the extraction rules are used to extract watermark from the watermarked image without resorting to the original host image or watermark image. Experimental results show that the proposed watermarking algorithm can effectively improve the quality of the watermarked image and the robustness of the embedded watermark against various attacks.     

一种基于灰度变换的红外图像增强算法

针对红外图像，采用双门限分割法进行图像分割，然后采用分段灰度变换法进行图像增强。根据具体图像，通过人机交互的方式确定2个阈值，将图像分割为目标区、过渡区和背景区3部分；按照每一部分的特点，设计不同的灰度变换，对图像进行分段线性增强，得到感兴趣目标区的最佳视觉效果。通过对16位红外图像进行实验，得到了满意的结果。实验表明,该算法灵活便捷，在增加对比度和去除噪声的同时，还抑制了背景，达到了预期的效果。     

基于模糊松弛迭代的分层图像增强算法

映射函数的研究是图像增强技术的关键,模糊松弛技术利用模糊函数建立其映射函数,通过设置该算法的模糊松弛参数可以达到对图像可控增强处理的目的。为了实现针对不同层次的图像内容实现可控式模糊增强,提出了多层次交互迭代的模糊松弛图像增强算法。通过分析各子层图像的直方图,分别设定各子层的模糊松弛参数,并建立对应的模糊松弛映射函数;分别对各子层图像进行可控迭代增强,选择合适的迭代次数作为终止条件。给出的实验结果证明了该算法能够取得较好的增强效果。     

Synthetic Aperture Radar image nonlinear enhancement algorithm based on NSCT transform

Due to the imaging mechanism, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images are susceptible to speckle noise, which affects radar image interpretation. So image denoising and enhancement are important topics of improving SAR image performance. A nonlinear image enhancement algorithm based on nonsubsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) is proposed in this paper. The image is decomposed into coefficients of different scales and directions through nonsubsampled contourlet transform. It is denoised by the threshold method of the multi-scale product of NSCT coefficients. Then thresholds of the nonlinear enhancement function are determined according to the coefficients of each scale. The two parameters of the function, among which one is used to control the range of enhancement and the other can determine the strength of enhancement, are obtained by solving nonlinear equations. The coefficients processed by the enhancement function are used to reconstruct the image. The simulation results on the Matlab platform show that the algorithm has a good effect of enhancing details of images and suppressing noise signals meanwhile.     

一种基于粒子群优化的高斯混合灰度图像增强算法

提出一种采用粒子群优化(PSO)的高斯混合灰度图像增强算法。该算法首先采用高斯混合模型(GMM)对输入图像的灰度直方图建模,并采用模型中高斯成分的有效交点来分割直方图。随后,该算法将每个直方图区间的灰度值转换到合适的输出区间,生成增强后的灰度图像,其中转换函数由输入直方图区间的高斯成分和累积分布经过粒子群优化后的参数决定。实验结果显示,该方法生成的图像视觉效果较好,对原图像和纹理细节丰富图像分别进行图像增强,增强后的图像信息熵分别是4.746 6和7.952 6,灰度平均梯度为6.970 6和37.386 1。     

Hue-preserving image enhancement in CIELAB color space considering color gamut

Optical Review - In this paper, we propose a color image enhancement method that uses the CIELAB color space to improve the quality of degraded images for human visual perception. In our method,...     

Automatic ridgelet image enhancement algorithm for road crack image based on fuzzy entropy and fuzzy divergence

True estimation of the boundary of a road crack and its size is a major task for its automatic detection. The improvement of visual effects of a road image is necessary for such a task. Therefore, we propose an automatic ridgelet image enhancement algorithm. A nonlinear function plays an important role in the enhancement algorithm in the ridgelet domain of an image. However, it is difficult to adjust the parameters of the nonlinear function adaptively with the variation of the road crack image input. Based on the fuzzy entropy criterion, we introduce two fuzzy divergences and two supplementary linear combinations between the fuzzy entropy and two fuzzy divergences as new measurements to solve the threshold segmentation problem in the ridgelet domain. According to the distribution histogram of magnitudes of the ridgelet high-frequency coefficients, we obtain the optimal segmentation thresholds that act as the parameters of the nonlinear function by using the maximum or minimum measurements of fuzzy entropy and fuzzy divergence, respectively. The self-adaptive nonlinear function makes it possible to realize the automatic enhancement of a road crack image. Experimental results show that our image enhancement algorithm can effectively enhance the global and local contrastive effects on road crack images.     

A novel color image encryption algorithm based on genetic recombination and the four-dimensional memristive hyperchaotic system

Recently, many image encryption algorithms based on chaos have been proposed. Most of the previous algorithms encrypt components R, G, and B of color images independently and neglect the high correlation between them. In the paper, a novel color image encryption algorithm is introduced. The 24 bit planes of components R, G, and B of the color plain image are obtained and recombined into 4 compound bit planes, and this can make the three components affect each other. A four-dimensional(4D) memristive hyperchaotic system generates the pseudorandom key streams and its initial values come from the SHA 256 hash value of the color plain image. The compound bit planes and key streams are confused according to the principles of genetic recombination, then confusion and diffusion as a union are applied to the bit planes,and the color cipher image is obtained. Experimental results and security analyses demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is secure and effective so that it may be adopted for secure communication.     

Novel color image encryption algorithm based on the reality preserving fractional Mellin transform

A nonlinear color image encryption algorithm based on reality preserving fractional Mellin transform (RPFrMT) is proposed. So far as image encryption is concerned, RPFrMT has two fascinating advantages: (1) the real-valued output of the transform ensures that the ciphertext is real which is convenient for display, transmission and storage; (2) as a nonlinear transform, RPFrMT gets rid of the potential insecurity which exists in the conventional linear encryption schemes. The original color image is first transformed from RGB color space to R′G′B′ color space by rotating the color cube. The three components of the output are then transformed by RPFrMT of different fractional orders. To further enhance the security of the encryption system, the result of the former step is scrambled by three dimensional scrambling. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is feasible, secure, sensitive to keys and robust to noise attack and occlusion. The proposed color image encryption can also be applied to encrypt three gray images by transforming the gray images into three color components of a specially constructed color image.     

Novel single-channel color image encryption algorithm based on chaos and fractional Fourier transform

A new color image encryption algorithm based on fractional Fourier transform (FrFT) and chaos is proposed. The colors of the original color image are converted to HSI (hue-saturation-intensity), and the S component is transformed by the random-phase encoding based on FrFT to obtain a new random phase. The I component is transformed by double random-phase encoding based on FrFT using the H component and the new random phase as two phase plates. Then chaos scrambling technology is used to encrypt the image, which makes the resulting image nonlinear and disorder both in spatial domain and frequency domain. Additionally, the ciphertext is not a color image but a combination of a gray image and a phase matrix, so the ciphertext has camouflage property to some extent. The results of numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness and the security of this algorithm.