Everything about Adaptive histogram equalization

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1. Read the overview: Adaptive histogram equalizationA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization for Recognizing Road Marking at Night Based on Yolo ModelsInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Medical image analysisThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Adaptive histogram equalization and its variationsCited 3,622 times
5. Go sideways: Histogram equalizationA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Histogram matchingA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Adaptive histogram equalization and its variations

  Stephen M. Pizer, E. Philip Amburn, John D. Austin · 1987 · Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing · 3,622 citations

• Adaptive image contrast enhancement using generalizations of histogram equalization

  J.A. Stark · 2000 · IEEE Transactions on Image Processing · 1,004 citations

• Contrast enhancement system using spatially adaptive histogram equalization with temporal filtering

  Tae Keun Kim, Joon Ki Paik, Bong Soon Kang · 1998 · IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics · 369 citations

• Automatic Contrast-Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization With Dual Gamma Correction

  Yakun Chang, Cheolkon Jung, Peng Ke · 2018 · IEEE Access · 284 citations

• Adaptive contrast enhancement using gain-controllable clipped histogram equalization

  Taekyung Kim, Joonki Paik · 2008 · IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics · 145 citations

• Regionally Adaptive Histogram Equalization of the Chest

  Robert H. Sherrier, G. A. Johnson · 1987 · IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging · 127 citations

• Machine learning hyperparameter selection for Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization

  Gabriel Fillipe Centini Campos, Saulo Martiello Mastelini, Gabriel Jonas Aguiar · 2019 · EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing · 99 citations

• Multidimensional Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization

  Vincent Stimper, Stefan Bauer, Ralph Ernstorfer · 2019 · IEEE Access · 95 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization for Recognizing Road Marking at Night Based on Yolo Models

  Rung-Ching Chen, Christine Dewi, Yong-Cun Zhuang · 2023 · IEEE Access · 70 citations

• Histogram modification in adaptive bi-histogram equalization for contrast enhancement on digital images

  Abhisek Paul, Paritosh Bhattacharya, Santi P. Maity · 2022 · Optik · 52 citations

• Contrast Limited Adaptive Local Histogram Equalization Method for Poor Contrast Image Enhancement

  Ibrahim Majid Mohammed, Nor Ashidi Mat Isa · 2025 · IEEE Access · 50 citations

• Evaluation of histogram equalization and contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization effect on image quality and fractal dimensions of digital periapical radiographs

  Mojdeh Mehdizadeh, Kioumars Tavakoli Tafti, Parisa Soltani · 2022 · Oral Radiology · 41 citations

• Image sub-division and quadruple clipped adaptive histogram equalization (ISQCAHE) for low exposure image enhancement

  Upendra Kumar Acharya, Sandeep Kumar · 2022 · Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing · 37 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Medical image analysisAtam P. Dhawan · 2010
• Information HidingMatthias Kirchner · 2013
• 📕Effectiveness of Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization on Multispectral Satellite ImageryVidhya Ganesh Rangarajan · 2018
• Pattern recognition and image analysisEarl Gose · 1996
• IMPACTS OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN RWANDA · 2015

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