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Gradient variation: A key to enhancing photographs across illumination

XIAOPENG, 2009

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278545543044250383
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XIAOPENG Z
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Extreme lighting conditions, such as a high dynamic range (HDR) scene or a low light environment, may introduce many kinds of defects for digital photography. These artifacts, including pixel saturation, noise, blurring, etc., have been studied as individual problems in …
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