Image enhancement using virtual contrast image fusion on Fe3O4 and ZnO nanodispersed decyloxy benzoic acid

Abstract

Low contrast and noisy photographic pictures can be considerably improved by image-processing techniques. Techniques like histogram equalisation produce high-contrast images but often fail to preserve the colour texture information. To overcome this deficiency, a contrast-enhancement approach has been devised, using virtual contrast image fusion (in Haar wavelet domain). This technique has been evaluated by a study of the optical textures of nano-dispersed decyloxybenzoic acid with small quantities of Fe3O4 and ZnO added.