Intensity Transform Contrast Stretching Y ← u0+γ*(Y-u)/s Log-transform (medical images, etc.) Y ← β*(log2 (1+Y))-1, e.g., β=32 16-bit 8-bit representation Y ← (1+Y)1/2 -1, or Y ← Y/257 Negative Image Y ← 255-Y Mean Filtering Median Filtering Histogram Equalization
Results of Contrast Stretching
Log-transform and Negative
Mean and Median Filtering 1 2 9 1 2 Mean of 9 pixel values Median of 9 pixel values 1 2
Histogram Equalization (1)
Histogram Equalization (2)
Histogram Equalization (3)
Histogram Equalization (4)
Histogram Equalization (5)
Histogram Equalization (6)