Application of a histogram modification algorithm to the processing of raindrop images

N.A. Sivasubramanian; John R. Saylor

doi:10.1117/1.2899101

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1 March 2008 Application of a histogram modification algorithm to the processing of raindrop images

N.A. Sivasubramanian, John R. Saylor

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Optical Engineering, 47(3), 037011 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2899101

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Automatic processing of digital images of falling raindrops is complicated by a less than ideal grayscale image histogram. These histograms do not display a bimodal shape and lack an easily defined minimum, making it difficult to choose a threshold for creating a binary image. To help identify peaks in these histograms, and simplify threshold selection, a histogram modification technique originally developed by Peleg is used. This method was modified slightly and then applied to raindrop image processing. Its performance is quantified.

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N.A. Sivasubramanian and John R. Saylor "Application of a histogram modification algorithm to the processing of raindrop images," Optical Engineering 47(3), 037011 (1 March 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2899101

Published: 1 March 2008

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