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Histograms & Feature Intro

Histograms & Feature Intro MCQ

Histogram equalization, CLAHE, and an introduction to keypoints, descriptors, and matching.

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Histogram Equalization MCQ

Histogram-based enhancement

Histogram equalization spreads intensity usage to improve contrast by remapping via the cumulative distribution—global methods can over-amplify noise in flat regions.

CLAHE

Contrast Limited Adaptive HE applies equalization in tiles and clips histogram peaks to reduce noise amplification and blocking.

Building blocks

CDF

Running sum of normalized histogram defines a monotonic gray-level transform.

Linear stretch

Maps min–max to full range—simple baseline before heavier transforms.

Artifacts

Equalization can wash out natural appearance; clip limit and tile grid matter.

Color images

Apply on luminance channel to avoid hue shifts, or use careful per-channel strategies.

Transform view

Input intensity → T(r) → Output intensity

Pro tip: For medical or natural images, prefer CLAHE or controlled S-curves over aggressive global equalization.

Feature Detection Intro MCQ

Local features

Many pipelines detect repeatable interest points, compute appearance descriptors, match across views, then estimate geometry (e.g., homography, essential matrix) with RANSAC.

Detector vs descriptor

Detectors propose (x,y,scale,orientation); descriptors encode local patch appearance for discrimination.

Vocabulary

Corners & blobs

Corners have two-direction intensity change; blobs respond to maxima of scale-space filters.

Distance metrics

L2 for float descriptors; Hamming for binary (ORB/BRIEF).

Lowe’s ratio

Reject ambiguous matches when nearest vs second-nearest distance ratio is high.

RANSAC

Fits a model while rejecting outliers in putative correspondences.

Typical flow

Detect → Describe → Match → Geometric verify

Pro tip: Repeatability under viewpoint/lighting matters more than raw corner count.