%0 Journal Article %A Chang-Hsing Lee and Cheng-Chang Lien and Chin-Chuan Han %D 2014 %J International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 94, 2014 %T Color Image Enhancement Using Multiscale Retinex and Image Fusion Techniques %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9999495 %V 94 %X In this paper, an edge-strength guided multiscale retinex (EGMSR) approach will be proposed for color image contrast enhancement. In EGMSR, the pixel-dependent weight associated with each pixel in the single scale retinex output image is computed according to the edge strength around this pixel in order to prevent from over-enhancing the noises contained in the smooth dark/bright regions. Further, by fusing together the enhanced results of EGMSR and adaptive multiscale retinex (AMSR), we can get a natural fused image having high contrast and proper tonal rendition. Experimental results on several low-contrast images have shown that our proposed approach can produce natural and appealing enhanced images. %P 1796 - 1802