A Photographic Technique for Image Enhancement: Pseudocolor Three-Separation Process

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Title
A Photographic Technique for Image Enhancement: Pseudocolor Three-Separation Process
Creator
Stratton, R. H.
Sheppard, J. J., Jr.
Date
1970
Identifier
AD0717143
AD0717143
Abstract
The use of pseudocolor transformations for the enhancement of black-and-white photographic images has a wide range of potential applications, including both tactical and strategic reconnaissance. The Report describes a simple and relatively inexpensive method of producing pseudocolor transformations by a photographic procedure in which three intermediate separations are obtained from a black-and-white original and then successively printed on color material. The density range and contrast of the separations are controlled by selectively varying the materials used, the exposure, and the processing technique. The final appearance of the pseudocolor transformation is then determined by an appropriate selection of filters and exposures during the successive printing, in register, of the three separations on color material. The principal result of the present work is that the proposed three-separation technique has been shown to produce a range of pseudo-color transformations which have potential for the enhancement of a variety of military and biomedical images.
Date Issued
1970-10
Extent
52
Corporate Author
Rand Corporation
Corporate Report Number
R-596-PR
Contract
F44620-67-C-0045
DoD Project
Project Rand
Distribution Conflict
No
Access Rights
THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE AND SALE; ITS DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED.
Photo Quality
Incomplete
Distribution Classification
1
Special Scanning Requirements
Color
DTIC Record Exists
Yes
Report Availability
Full text available by request
Provenance
Borg-Warner
Type
report
Format
52 pages 28 cm.