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Image Processing
Point Processing
1.In a digital image point is called pixel (point
≡
≡≡
≡
pixel);
2.Point Processing transforms a pixel’s value to
function of its value alone:
T: f(x,y) →
→→
→ g(x,y)
or G(x,y) = T(f(x,y))
where a=f(x,y), s=g(x,y)
3. Point Processing does not depend on the
values of the neighbors.
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Image Processing
Point Processing
1.
1.
Brightness and contrast adjustment
Brightness and contrast adjustment
2.
2.
Gamma correction
Gamma correction
3.
3.
Histogram equalization

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negative
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Image Processing
Point Processing
Negative image of image I
Let I is an image with gray levels in the range
Let I is an image with gray levels in the range
[L
[L
*
*
, L
, L
*

The negative transformation is given by:
g(x,y) = L
g(x,y) = L
*
*
-
-
f(x,y),
f(x,y),
for all (x,y)
for all (x,y)
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I
I
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Image Processing
Point Processing
Ảnh I
Ảnh âm bản của I
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Image Processing
Point Processing
Negative image of image I
For a color image I:
For a color image I:

and the
negative
negative
image
image
Negative image
Negative image
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Image Processing
Point Processing
Brightness
g(x,y) = f(x,y)*
α
αα
α
for all (x,y) in image
where:
α
αα
α >1 : + brightness
α
αα
α
<1 : - brightness
For color image:
For color image:
g(x,y).R =
g(x,y).R =
α
αα

*f(x,y).B
*f(x,y).B
α
αα
α=1.45
α
αα
α=0.55
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Image Processing
Point Processing
Brightness
g(x,y) = f(x,y)*
α
αα
α
for all (x,y) in image
where:
α
αα
α >1 : + brightness
0<α
αα
α
<1 : - brightness
For color image:
For color image:
g(x,y).R = min{255,
g(x,y).R = min{255,
α

B
*f(x,y).B}
*f(x,y).B}
α
αα
α=5
α
αα
α=0.55
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Image Processing
Point Processing
Logarithm transform
where c,
β
ββ
β
are constants
a
b
c
(a) The origin image
(b) After Log transform: c=50, β
ββ
β=20
(c) After Log transform: c=50, β
ββ
β=1
g(x,y) = c*Log(f(x,y)+
β

β=1, Γ=0.90
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Image Processing
Contrast stretching
The intensity of a gray image at any coordinates (x, y) is called gray level
(brightness) a of the image at that point.
That is
a = f(x, y)
Let a
min
≤ f(x, y) ≤ a
max
, for all (x,y) in image
then the interval
[a
min
, a
max
]
is called the gray scale.
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Image Processing
Contrast stretching
a
max
and a
min
are the maximum
and minimum intensities of a
region or image.

≤≤
≤
a
max
Note:
• f(x,y) = a
min
⇒
⇒⇒
⇒ g(x,y) = L
min
• f(x,y) = a
max
⇒
⇒⇒
⇒ g(x,y) = L
max
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Image Processing
Contrast stretching
Lmin = 100
Lmax = 179
amin = 0
amax = 79
Lmin = 176
Lmax = 255
Lmin = 0
Lmax = 255
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Image Processing

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Image Processing
Histogram and its transformation
The intensity of a gray image at any coordinates (x,
y) is called gray level (brightness) a of the image at
that point. That is
a = f(x, y)
A histogram, h[a], is the number of times that gray
level a occurs in the image.
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Image Processing
Histogram and its transformation
The height in
The height in
this
this
histogram
histogram
corresponds
corresponds
to the number
to the number
of pixels with
of pixels with
a given
a given
brightness
brightness
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Image Processing

Γ
where
Γ
is the total
number of pixels
in the image.