BiasedSigma

Adaptive edge sharpening & contrast enhancing filter

SYNOPSIS

#include "dip_filtering.h"

dip_Error dip_BiasedSigma ( in, out, se, boundary, param, shape, sigma, outputCount )

DATA TYPES

integer, float

FUNCTION

The Biased Sigma filter is an adaptive edge sharpening and contrast enhancing filter. Its operation differs from the Sigma filter by separating the pixels with intensities higher than the pixel being filtered, from the pixels with lower intensities. The output for this pixel is the average closest in value to this pixel. If outputCount is DIP_TRUE, the output values represent the number of pixels over which the average has been calculated. When threshold is DIP_TRUE, the pixel intensities are thresholded at +/- 2 sigma, when it is set to DIP_FALSE, the intensities are weighted with the Gaussian difference with the intensity of the center pixel.

Only the rectangular, elliptic and diamond filter shapes are supported (DIP_FLT_SHAPE_RECTANGULAR, DIP_FLT_SHAPE_ELLIPTIC and DIP_FLT_SHAPE_DIAMOND). Other filter shapes can be implemented by setting shape to DIP_FLT_SHAPE_STRUCTURING_ELEMENT, and passing a binary image in se. The "on" pixels define the shape of the filter window. Other values of shape are illegal.

If shape is not equal to DIP_FLT_SHAPE_STRUCTURING_ELEMENT, se can be set to zero. When shape is set to DIP_FLT_SHAPE_STRUCTURING_ELEMENT, param is ignored, and can be set to zero.

ARGUMENTS

Data type	Name	Description
`dip_Image`	`in`	Input image
`dip_Image`	`out`	Output image
`dip_Image`	`se`	Custom filter window (binary)
`dip_BoundaryArray`	`boundary`	Boundary conditions
`dip_FloatArray`	`param`	Filter sizes
`dip_FilterShape`	`shape`	Filter shape
`dip_float`	`sigma`	Sigma
`dip_Boolean`	`outputCount`	Output the Count

The enumerator dip_FilterShape contains the following constants:

Name	Description
`DIP_FLT_SHAPE_DEFAULT`	Default filter window, same as `DIP_FLT_SHAPE_RECTANGULAR`
`DIP_FLT_SHAPE_RECTANGULAR`	Rectangular filter window, can be even in size
`DIP_FLT_SHAPE_ELLIPTIC`	Elliptic filter window, always odd in size
`DIP_FLT_SHAPE_DIAMOND`	Diamond-shaped filter window, always odd in size
`DIP_FLT_SHAPE_PARABOLIC`	Parabolic filter window (morphology only)
`DIP_FLT_SHAPE_DISCRETE_LINE`	Rotated line structuring element (morphology only)
`DIP_FLT_SHAPE_INTERPOLATED_LINE`	Rotated line structuring element, through interpolation (morphology only)
`DIP_FLT_SHAPE_PERIODIC_LINE`	(not implemented)
`DIP_FLT_SHAPE_STRUCTURING_ELEMENT`	Use `se` as filter window, can be any size