Abstract

A new method for real-time edge enhancement and image equalization using photochromic filters is presented. The reversible self-adaptive capacity of photochromic materials is used for creating an unsharp mask of the original image. This unsharp mask produces a kind of self filtering of the original image. Unlike the usual Fourier (coherent) image processing, the technique we propose can also be used with incoherent illumination. Validation experiments with Bacteriorhodopsin and photochromic glass are presented.

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