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EGALISATION HISTOGRAMME [1 record]

Record 1 2013-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Remote Sensing
  • Cartography
CONT

... histogram equalization is performed in order to visually emphasize various subtle features on the map ... Histogram equalization takes a raster of intensities, plots the number of times each intensity occurs, and then creates a mapping from the original intensities to a new set so that each intensity level occurs with approximately equal frequency.

OBS

histogram equalization: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • histogram linearisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Télédétection
  • Cartographie
CONT

L'égalisation d'histogramme est une transformation des niveaux de gris dont le principe est d'équilibrer le mieux possible la distribution des pixels dans la dynamique (idéalement [...] un histogramme plat).

OBS

égalisation d'histogramme : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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