""" ============================ Local Histogram Equalization ============================ This examples enhances an image with low contrast, using a method called *local histogram equalization*, which spreads out the most frequent intensity values in an image. The equalized image [1]_ has a roughly linear cumulative distribution function for each pixel neighborhood. The local version [2]_ of the histogram equalization emphasized every local graylevel variations. References ---------- .. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram_equalization .. [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_histogram_equalization """ import numpy as np import matplotlib import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from skimage import data from skimage.util.dtype import dtype_range from skimage.util import img_as_ubyte from skimage import exposure from skimage.morphology import disk from skimage.filters import rank matplotlib.rcParams['font.size'] = 9 def plot_img_and_hist(img, axes, bins=256): """Plot an image along with its histogram and cumulative histogram. """ ax_img, ax_hist = axes ax_cdf = ax_hist.twinx() # Display image ax_img.imshow(img, cmap=plt.cm.gray) ax_img.set_axis_off() # Display histogram ax_hist.hist(img.ravel(), bins=bins) ax_hist.ticklabel_format(axis='y', style='scientific', scilimits=(0, 0)) ax_hist.set_xlabel('Pixel intensity') xmin, xmax = dtype_range[img.dtype.type] ax_hist.set_xlim(xmin, xmax) # Display cumulative distribution img_cdf, bins = exposure.cumulative_distribution(img, bins) ax_cdf.plot(bins, img_cdf, 'r') return ax_img, ax_hist, ax_cdf # Load an example image img = img_as_ubyte(data.moon()) # Global equalize img_rescale = exposure.equalize_hist(img) # Equalization selem = disk(30) img_eq = rank.equalize(img, selem=selem) # Display results fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8, 5)) axes = np.zeros((2, 3), dtype=np.object) axes[0,0] = plt.subplot(2, 3, 1, adjustable='box-forced') axes[0,1] = plt.subplot(2, 3, 2, sharex=axes[0,0], sharey=axes[0,0], adjustable='box-forced') axes[0,2] = plt.subplot(2, 3, 3, sharex=axes[0,0], sharey=axes[0,0], adjustable='box-forced') axes[1,0] = plt.subplot(2, 3, 4) axes[1,1] = plt.subplot(2, 3, 5) axes[1,2] = plt.subplot(2, 3, 6) ax_img, ax_hist, ax_cdf = plot_img_and_hist(img, axes[:, 0]) ax_img.set_title('Low contrast image') ax_hist.set_ylabel('Number of pixels') ax_img, ax_hist, ax_cdf = plot_img_and_hist(img_rescale, axes[:, 1]) ax_img.set_title('Global equalise') ax_img, ax_hist, ax_cdf = plot_img_and_hist(img_eq, axes[:, 2]) ax_img.set_title('Local equalize') ax_cdf.set_ylabel('Fraction of total intensity') # prevent overlap of y-axis labels fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.4) plt.show()