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A full linear 3 × 3 color correction between images

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This work presents a novel color correction algorithm between images (or image regions) depicting the same environment. Color transfer is achieved by a linear full 3 × 3 mapping between the color responses. In particular, this linear map equalizes the colors of images of the same scene acquired under different illuminants and/or by different devices. Since the complexity of the proposed method is directly proportional to the number of picture pixels, color correction is performed in linear time within the pictures size.

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Acknowledgments

The author would like to express her gratitude to the following colleagues working at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy: Carla Maria Modena, researcher in the group of Technologies for Vision, for the fruitful discussions about the theoretical part of this work; Dimitri Giordani, technician of the group of Technologies of Vision, for the acquisition of the images of database MBCam5; Alessandro Rizzi, technologist in the group of 3D Optical Metrology, and Stefano Girardi, technician at MtLab (Microfabrication and Testing Lab), for their help with the Macbeth Color Checker.

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Lecca, M. A full linear 3 × 3 color correction between images. J Real-Time Image Proc 10, 219–237 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11554-012-0311-4

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