HSI based colour image equalization using iterative nth root and nth power

In this paper an equalization technique for colour images is introduced. The method is based on n th root and n th power equalization approach but with optimization of the mean of the image in different colour channels such as RGB and HSI. The performance of the proposed method has been measured by the means of peak signal to noise ratio. The proposed algorithm has been compared with conventional histogram equalization and the visual and quantitative experimental results are showing that the proposed method over perform the histogram equalization. KEYWORDSImage equalization, iterative n th root and n th power equalization, peak signal to noise ratio.