Inverse Tone Mapping Based upon Retina Response. (12th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huo, Yongqing; Yang, Fan; Brost, Vincent
• Other Names: Materka A. Academic Editor.; Torsello A. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: TheScientificWorldjournal. Volume 2014(2014)
• Publication Date: 2014-03-12
• Subjects: Science -- Periodicals; Technology -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; 505
• DOI: 10.1155/2014/168564
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2356-6140

Abstract

Abstract : The development of high dynamic range (HDR) display arouses the research of inverse tone mapping methods, which expand dynamic range of the low dynamic range (LDR) image to match that of HDR monitor. This paper proposed a novel physiological approach, which could avoid artifacts occurred in most existing algorithms. Inspired by the property of the human visual system (HVS), this dynamic range expansion scheme performs with a low computational complexity and a limited number of parameters and obtains high-quality HDR results. Comparisons with three recent algorithms in the literature also show that the proposed method reveals more important image details and produces less contrast loss and distortion.