Patent ID: 7701618

Claim:
A system for predictor-based image enhancement comprising: means adapted for receiving image data, the image data including data representative of a backlit image inclusive of at least one specimen area and a backlit background area; transition detection means adapted for determining, from received image data, a transition between at least one specimen area and at least one background area in accordance with histogram data and cumulative probability distribution data derived from the received image data; adjustment means adapted for adjusting a parameter of image data associated with at least one of the specimen area and the background area in accordance with a determined transition; mask generator means adapted for generating mask data corresponding to a transition area between the specimen area and the backlit background area; and wherein the adjustment means includes means adapted for selectively adjusting a parameter of image data associated with at least one of the specimen area and the backlit background area in accordance with a determined transition in accordance with the mask data.