IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM

摘要

A first image and a second image are obtained from a same image object under a first condition and a second condition, respectively, and the first image is edge enhanced by using information obtained from the second image. A first edge amount is obtained from each of a plurality of first pixels of the first image, and a second edge amount is obtained from each of a plurality of second pixels of the second image. Each pixel of the first image is edge enhanced according to the sign of the first edge amount thereof and the second edge amount of the corresponding second pixel.

主权项

1. An image processing method, comprising the steps of:
extracting a first edge amount for each of a plurality of first image segments forming an image of an image object obtained under a first condition as a relative value with respect to at least one adjoining first image segment; extracting a second edge amount for each of a plurality of second image segments forming an image of the same image object obtained under a second condition different from the first condition as a relative value with respect to at least one adjoining second image segment; and edge enhancing the image obtained under the first condition for each first image segment thereof according to a sign of the corresponding first edge amount and the second edge amount of the corresponding second image segment.