Introduction - If you have any usage issues, please Google them yourself
The implemented Sauvola method uses integral images for fast computation of the threshold function.
The Sauvola method is described in:
J. Sauvola and M. Pietikainen, Adaptive document image binarization, Pattern Recognition 33, 2000. - http://www.mediateam.oulu.fi/publications/pdf/24.pdf
The modification which uses integral images providing a 20-fold speedup (according to the paper) is described in this paper:
F. Shafait, D. Keysers, and T. M. Breuel, Efficient implementation of local adaptive thresholding techniques using integral images, Document Recognition and Retri XV, 2008 - http://www.dfki.uni-kl.de/~shafait/papers/Shafait-efficient-binarization-SPIE08.pdf
A paper uating binarization methods:
P. Stathis, E. Kavallieratou and N. Papamarkos - An Evaluation Technique for Binarization Algorithms, Journal of Universal Computer Science, 2008, - http://www.papamarkos.gr/uploaded-files/An 20Evaluation 20Technique 20for 20Binarization 20Algorithms.pdf