Abstract: The digital representation of the image is sequentially subjected to the following steps: (i) applying the Fourier transform to the original image; (ii) defining a critical Fourier wavelength equal to the predefined size of the objects; (iii) applying one of the techniques of entropy maximization or cross-entropy minimization to the original image to create the new image wherein (a) the amplitudes and the phases of the Fourier components of the new image with wavelengths that are shorter than the critical Fourier wavelength are substantially the same as the amplitudes and the phases of the Fourier components of the original image, and wherein (b) for the amplitudes and the phases of Fourier components having wavelengths that are longer than the critical wavelength, new values are estimated so that either image cross-entropy is minimized or image entropy is maximized.