Chapter 5
Image Enhancement
5.1 Introduction
In previous chapters we discussed image filters. The filter enhances the quality of image so that important details can be visualized and quantified. In this chapter, we discuss a few more image enhancement techniques. These techniques transform the pixel values in the input image to a new value in the output image using a mapping function. We discuss logarithmic transformation, power law transformation, image inverse, histogram equalization, and contrast stretching. For more information on image enhancement refer to [37],[71],[74].
5.2 Pixel Transformation
A transformation is a function that maps set of inputs to set of outputs so that each input has has exactly one output. For example, T(x) = x
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