| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Image enhancement | Environment | Any one of a group of operations which improve the detectability of the targets of interest. These operations include, but are not limited to, contrast improvement, edge enhancement, spatial filtering and noise suppression, image smoothing and image sharpening. (references) | |
| Image enhancement | Forestry | See digital enhancement. (references) | |
| Image enhancement | Health | Improvement of the quality of a picture by various techniques, including computer processing, digital filtering, echocardiographic techniques, light and ultrastructural microscopy, fluorescence spectrometry and microscopy, scintigraphy, and in vitro image processing at the molecular level. (references) | |
| Image enhancement | Post & Telecom | 1: The techniques used to emphasize the tonal and textural differences in images. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| 2: Improving the appearance of a picture, e. g. By increasing contrast, deblurring, removing noise, or correcting geometrical distortion. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
| Image enhancement | Space | Techniques used to emphasize the tonal and textural differences in images. Any one of a group of operations that improve the detectability of the targets or categories. These operations include, but are not limited to, contrast improvement, edge enhancement, spatial filtering, noise suppression, image smoothing, and image sharpening. (references) | |
| Radiographic Image Enhancement | Health | Improvement in the quality of an x-ray image by use of an intensifying screen, tube, or filter and by optimum exposure techniques. Digital processing methods are often employed. (references) | |
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