hist_match.py

def hist_match(source, template):
    """
    Adjust the pixel values of a grayscale image such that its histogram
    matches that of a target image

    Arguments:
    -----------
        source: np.ndarray
            Image to transform; the histogram is computed over the flattened
            array
        template: np.ndarray
            Template image; can have different dimensions to source
    Returns:
    -----------
        matched: np.ndarray
            The transformed output image
    """

    oldshape = source.shape
    source = source.ravel()
    template = template.ravel()

    # get the set of unique pixel values and their corresponding indices and
    # counts
    s_values, bin_idx, s_counts = np.unique(source, return_inverse=True,
                                            return_counts=True)
    t_values, t_counts = np.unique(template, return_counts=True)

    # take the cumsum of the counts and normalize by the number of pixels to
    # get the empirical cumulative distribution functions for the source and
    # template images (maps pixel value --> quantile)
    s_quantiles = np.cumsum(s_counts).astype(np.float64)
    s_quantiles /= s_quantiles[-1]
    t_quantiles = np.cumsum(t_counts).astype(np.float64)
    t_quantiles /= t_quantiles[-1]
  
    # interpolate linearly
    interp_t_values = np.interp(s_quantiles, t_quantiles, t_values)

    return interp_t_values[bin_idx].reshape(oldshape)