QUANTIZATION AND DITHERING TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO DIGITAL MICROSCOPY

The complexity of 24 bits true colour technology is the main problem a ssociated with the display of colour images. However, the average user in digital microscopy possesses only an 8 bit workstation (256 colour ). In these cases quantization and dithering algorithms represent a va lid solution for the display of images having the same quality of 16 m illion colour images. In this paper we will present and analyze these algorithms, showing the results of their application to digital micros copy images.