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Abstract

The invention is related to a method for image processing a raster image according to an amount of image enhancement, using an image keyword. A predetermined set of raster images with associated keywords is used, a raster image being a digital image with pixel values. The invented method comprises the steps of determining an image property, which is a value derivable from the values of the pixels of a raster image, obtaining from the set of raster images a plus set, which comprises raster images that are associated with said image keyword and a minus set, which comprises raster images that are not associated with said image keyword, obtaining a difference value between the image property of the raster image and a reference value from the set of image properties of the images of the plus set, obtaining a significance value for the image keyword by comparing the image properties of images of the plus set with the image properties of images of the minus set, determining the amount of image enhancement in dependence of said difference value and said significance value, and processing the raster image according to the determined amount of image enhancement. Thus, an image keyword is used as a second, independent input, besides the input of the pixel values of the raster image, to control the image enhancement, which increases the flexibility of the dependence of the amount of automatic image enhancement on the keyword that a user selects to indicate his intention in relation to the input raster image.

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