To solve the contradiction between contrast enhancement and noise suppression in image enhancement
an image enhancement algorithm based on dual domain decomposition (IEDD) is proposed. The principles and methods including spatial domain decomposition
layered spatial images enhancement and transform domain noise reduction
and layered images synthesis are described in detail. Firstly
the image is decomposed into a base layer and a detail layer by a Gaussian filter
that decouples the contrast enhancement and noise reduction. Next
in order to realize the enhancement of base layer and noise reduction of detail layers synchronously
the single-scale Retinex with correction function and the nonsubsampled shearlet denoising algorithm with hard threshold shrinkage are implemented. Finally
to ensure the uniform color and the outstanding detail of the composite image
layered image fusion
gray value extension and differential operator detail enhancement are implemented
realizing the grayscale extension and detail enhancement of the composite image. Experiments show that the performance of the proposed algorithm is better than other nine algorithms in improving image contrast and suppressing noise.