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Background Intensity Effect on Contrast

Background Intensity Effect on Contrast - Java Tutorial

Explore the effect of background intensity on image contrast in optical microscopy using this interactive Java tutorial. Instructions about how to operate the tutorial appear below the applet window.

To operate the tutorial, use the slider to vary the background intensity between a value of 0.01 and 1.00. As the slider is moved image contrast is calculated according to the equation:

Percent Contrast (C) = ((I(s) - I(b)) × 100)/I(b)

Where I(b) is the intensity of the background and I(s) is the specimen intensity. The tutorial plots image contrast as a function of image intensity and displays the contrast range for each background intensity selected by the slider. It becomes apparent after operating this tutorial that when background intensity is less than 0.1, small changes in image intensity produce large changes in contrast. As the background intensity is increased up to 1.0, changes in image intensity have a progressively smaller effect on overall contrast.

Contributing Authors

Mortimer Abramowitz - Olympus America, Inc., Two Corporate Center Drive., Melville, New York, 11747.

Matthew J. Parry-Hill and Michael W. Davidson - National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 East Paul Dirac Dr., The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32310.

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