Title
Multiscale probabilistic dithering for suppressing contour artifacts in digital images.
Abstract
A method is proposed for reducing the visibility of "contour artifacts," i.e., false contours resulting from color quantization in digital images. The method performs a multiscale analysis on the neighborhood of each pixel, determines the presence and scale of contour artifacts, and probabilistically dithers (perturbs) the color of the pixel. The overall effect is to "break down" the false contours, making them less visible. The proposed method may be used to reduce contour artifacts at the same bit depth as the input image or at higher bit depths. The contour artifact detection mechanism ensures that artifact-free regions remain unaffected during the process.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/TIP.2009.2022293
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
false contour,multiscale probabilistic,contour artifact detection mechanism,bit depth,input image,higher bit depth,contour artifact,artifact-free region,digital image,color quantization,visual system,probability,digital images,quantization,displays,signal processing,pixel
Computer vision,Pattern recognition,Edge detection,Image processing,Digital image,Color depth,Pixel,Artificial intelligence,Dither,Mathematics,Color quantization,Color image
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
9
1057-7149
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.91
8
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sitaram Bhagavathy11149.82
Joan Llach29910.01
Jiefu Zhai3796.51