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Image Enhancement based on Nonsubsampled Contourlet Transform using Matrix Factorization Techniques

by K. Hepsibah Persis, M.S. Heaven Dani, M. Saravanan
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 123 - Number 6
Year of Publication: 2015
Authors: K. Hepsibah Persis, M.S. Heaven Dani, M. Saravanan
10.5120/ijca2015905372

K. Hepsibah Persis, M.S. Heaven Dani, M. Saravanan . Image Enhancement based on Nonsubsampled Contourlet Transform using Matrix Factorization Techniques. International Journal of Computer Applications. 123, 6 ( August 2015), 35-38. DOI=10.5120/ijca2015905372

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author = { K. Hepsibah Persis, M.S. Heaven Dani, M. Saravanan },
title = { Image Enhancement based on Nonsubsampled Contourlet Transform using Matrix Factorization Techniques },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { August 2015 },
volume = { 123 },
number = { 6 },
month = { August },
year = { 2015 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 35-38 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume123/number6/21966-2015905372/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2015905372 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%P 35-38
%D 2015
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

A unique method for image enhancement using the nonsubsampled Contourlet transform (NSCT) is presented here. Existing methods for image enhancement cannot capture the geometric information of images and tend to amplify noises when they are applied to noisy images since they cannot distinguish noises from weak edges. In contrast, the nonsubsampled Contourlet transform extracts the geometric information of images, which can be used to distinguish noises from weak edges. In this paper, we take the low pass subband of the \image obtained after nonsubsampled Contourlet decomposition. QR decomposition is applied on the lowest frequency subband. SVD decomposition technique is applied on the QR decomposed coefficients to obtain singular values. Therefore, changing the singular values will directly affect the illumination of the image; hence, the other information in the image will not be changed. Experimental results show the pro-posed method achieves better enhancement results than a wavelet-based image enhancement method.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Discrete Wavelet Transform Non Subsampled Contourlet Transform Singular Value Decomposition QR Decomposition Image Equalization.

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