A method for facilitating an enhancement of a visibility of an object in
an x-ray image includes generating an x-ray image including at least one
object, generating an estimate of a background surrounding the at least
one object, subtracting the background estimate from the x-ray image to
generate an estimate of pixel intensities due the object, mapping the
estimate of pixel intensities due to the object, and combining the mapped
estimate of pixel intensities due to the object and the x-ray image to
generate an enhanced image.