RETRACTED: Contourlet-based non-local mean via Retinex theory for robot infrared image enhancement [EAI Endorsed Scal Inf Syst (2022), Online First]

We, the Publisher, have retracted the following article: Xi Zhang, Jiyue Wang (2022). Contourlet-based non-local mean via Retinex theory for robot infrared image enhancement. EAI Endorsed Scal Inf Syst. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.5-1-2022.172782 The authors submitted the article to the Special Issue on “Real-time image information processing with deep neural networks and data mining technologies”, edited by the Guest Editors Dr Prof. Hang Li (Northeastern University, China) and Dr Prof. Jochen Schiewe, HafenCity Universität Hamburg, Germany. From our Research Integrity Team, we performed auditing of the editorial process of this Special Issue, and we identified misconduct during the review process. The generated reviews were simple, generalistic, without rigour, and the same for every submission. Following the COPE guidelines, we decided to RETRACT this article because “Peer review manipulation suspected after publication”. We informed the authors about this decision. The retracted article will remain, and it has been watermarked as “RETRACTED”.