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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1995
Hsien-Che Lee, Penfield, NY (US);
Lori L Barski, Mendon, NY (US);
Robert A Senn, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of automatically adjusting the tone scale adjustment for digital radiographic images. The method includes the steps of providing an input digital radiographic image; estimating the image noise as a function of code value of the image; determining the range of code values in the input image; determining which way the input image should be processed; determining a bounding box which contains the region of interest of the input image; computing the image activity histogram of the input image; determining four points from the image activity histogram; constructing the tone-scale curve for the input image; and mapping the input image through the tone-scale curve to produce an output image with good tone scale.