skimage.filters.unsharp_mask(image, radius=1.0, amount=1.0, multichannel=False, preserve_range=False) [source]
 
Unsharp masking filter. The sharp details are identified as the difference between the original image and its blurred version. These details are then scaled, and added back to the original image.  Parameters 
 
image[P, …, ]M[, N][, C] ndarray 

Input image.  
radiusscalar or sequence of scalars, optional 

If a scalar is given, then its value is used for all dimensions. If sequence is given, then there must be exactly one radius for each dimension except the last dimension for multichannel images. Note that 0 radius means no blurring, and negative values are not allowed.  
amountscalar, optional 

The details will be amplified with this factor. The factor could be 0 or negative. Typically, it is a small positive number, e.g. 1.0.  
multichannelbool, optional 

If True, the last image dimension is considered as a color channel, otherwise as spatial. Color channels are processed individually.  
preserve_rangebool, optional 

Whether to keep the original range of values. Otherwise, the input image is converted according to the conventions of img_as_float. Also see https://scikit-image.org/docs/dev/user_guide/data_types.html    Returns 
 
output[P, …, ]M[, N][, C] ndarray of float 

Image with unsharp mask applied.     Notes Unsharp masking is an image sharpening technique. It is a linear image operation, and numerically stable, unlike deconvolution which is an ill-posed problem. Because of this stability, it is often preferred over deconvolution. The main idea is as follows: sharp details are identified as the difference between the original image and its blurred version. These details are added back to the original image after a scaling step: enhanced image = original + amount * (original - blurred) When applying this filter to several color layers independently, color bleeding may occur. More visually pleasing result can be achieved by processing only the brightness/lightness/intensity channel in a suitable color space such as HSV, HSL, YUV, or YCbCr. Unsharp masking is described in most introductory digital image processing books. This implementation is based on [1]. References  
1  
Maria Petrou, Costas Petrou “Image Processing: The Fundamentals”, (2010), ed ii., page 357, ISBN 13: 9781119994398 DOI:10.1002/9781119994398  
2  
Wikipedia. Unsharp masking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsharp_masking   Examples >>> array = np.ones(shape=(5,5), dtype=np.uint8)*100
>>> array[2,2] = 120
>>> array
array([[100, 100, 100, 100, 100],
       [100, 100, 100, 100, 100],
       [100, 100, 120, 100, 100],
       [100, 100, 100, 100, 100],
       [100, 100, 100, 100, 100]], dtype=uint8)
>>> np.around(unsharp_mask(array, radius=0.5, amount=2),2)
array([[0.39, 0.39, 0.39, 0.39, 0.39],
       [0.39, 0.39, 0.38, 0.39, 0.39],
       [0.39, 0.38, 0.53, 0.38, 0.39],
       [0.39, 0.39, 0.38, 0.39, 0.39],
       [0.39, 0.39, 0.39, 0.39, 0.39]])
 >>> array = np.ones(shape=(5,5), dtype=np.int8)*100
>>> array[2,2] = 127
>>> np.around(unsharp_mask(array, radius=0.5, amount=2),2)
array([[0.79, 0.79, 0.79, 0.79, 0.79],
       [0.79, 0.78, 0.75, 0.78, 0.79],
       [0.79, 0.75, 1.  , 0.75, 0.79],
       [0.79, 0.78, 0.75, 0.78, 0.79],
       [0.79, 0.79, 0.79, 0.79, 0.79]])
 >>> np.around(unsharp_mask(array, radius=0.5, amount=2, preserve_range=True), 2)
array([[100.  , 100.  ,  99.99, 100.  , 100.  ],
       [100.  ,  99.39,  95.48,  99.39, 100.  ],
       [ 99.99,  95.48, 147.59,  95.48,  99.99],
       [100.  ,  99.39,  95.48,  99.39, 100.  ],
       [100.  , 100.  ,  99.99, 100.  , 100.  ]])