[IPOL announce] new article: Simulated Exposure Fusion

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A new article is available in IPOL: https://www.ipol.im/pub/art/2019/279/

Charles Hessel,
Simulated Exposure Fusion,
Image Processing On Line, 9 (2019), pp. 469–482.
https://doi.org/10.5201/ipol.2019.279

Abstract

Simulated Exposure Fusion (SEF) is a single-image contrast enhancement 
method. It is built upon a high dynamic range imaging technique called 
Exposure Fusion (EF), introduced in 2007 and widely used since then, 
which aims at fusing a bracketed exposure sequence into a high quality 
image. Simulated Exposure Fusion extends the initial method to the case 
where only one image is available, and delivers an image with enhanced 
contrast. We propose in this paper an implementation of this method, 
along with its precise description and analysis. Its results are 
compared to state-of-the-art enhancement algorithms and appear to be 
artifact-free, even in extreme enhancement conditions. Furthermore, they 
inherit from EF's celebrated natural aspect.