Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 39, Issue 6, 818(2020)

Research on low illumination shortwave infrared image enhancement algorithm

Rui ZHANG1,2,3, Xin-Yi TANG2,3、*, and Zheng LI2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049China
  • 2Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai200083China
  • 3key Laboratory of Infrared System Detection and Imaging Technology, Shanghai200083China
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    In order to expand application of uncooled short wave infrared array detectors for low-light night vision, a research on low-light imaging of short-wave infrared have carried out. This paper proposes a new image enhancement method to suppress image noise, enhance image details and improve image quality. The proposed schemes use 3DNR (3D noise reduction), combine the multi-scale Gaussian differential method with the edge preserving filter to separate the high-frequency information and hidden noise of the image to the maximum extent, and then carry out the adaptive grayscale mapping for the image. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm outperforms some state-of-the-art algorithms, and it can achieve outstanding image enhancement performance and suppress the time-domain noise of the image under low-light illumination.

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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing and Software Simulation

    Received: Jun. 18, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 20, 2021

    The Author Email: Xin-Yi TANG (tangxini@189.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2020.06.022

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