title: Image enhancement for light microscopy.
abstract: Digitized light microscope images of low contrast histological samples were processed through image enhancement computer techniques. Original digital data and their square root transformations were linearly expanded to produce a wider range of brightness levels in the enhanced images. These treatments resulted in significantly improved images compared to those obtained by direct photomicrography.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera; D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology; D010784:Photomicrography / Q000379:methods*