A multiscale error diffusion technique for digital multitoning

Multitoning is the representation of digital pictures using a given set of available color intensities, which are also known as tones or quantization levels. It can be viewed as the generalization of halftoning, where only two such quantization levels are available. Its main application is for print...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on image processing : a publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. - 1992. - 21(2012), 5 vom: 15. Mai, Seite 2693-705
1. Verfasser: Sarailidis, Giorgos (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Katsavounidis, Ioannis
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2012
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on image processing : a publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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