Natural-appearance Colorization and Enhancement for the Low-light-level Night Vision Imaging

ZHU Jin; LI Li; JIN Wei-qi; LI Shuo; WANG Xia; BAI Xiao-feng

doi:10.3788/gzxb20184704.0410002

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