Bits planes technique for digital image processing

This work presents a technique for digital image processing. The technique consists on splitting the original image with 256 gray levels into its equivalent 8 binary images. The method is extended for true RGB color images by working out each color plane as a gray scale image and applying the same algorithm development for the former case to convert any intensity level into a byte of 8 bits. The results shown out to be useful for some basic applications such as separating the fine features of an image. Memory space for storing images is reduced since the images can be written in binary formats. Bits planes technique allows for logical operations and after that, get back to a gray scale image or color image very easily. The potential application of this technique is being studied in order to detect some anomalies in digital mammographies. A script in MatLab has been development with some menus to implement the bits planes technique for different image formats.