diff --git a/src/IceFloeTracker.jl b/src/IceFloeTracker.jl
index 7b11a895..7c605e28 100644
--- a/src/IceFloeTracker.jl
+++ b/src/IceFloeTracker.jl
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ include("branch.jl")
 include("special_strels.jl")
 include("tilingutils.jl")
 include("histogram_equalization.jl")
-include("imadjust.jl")
+include("brighten.jl")
 include("morph_fill.jl")
 include("imcomplement.jl")
+include("imadjust.jl")
 
 function get_version_from_toml(pth=dirname(dirname(pathof(IceFloeTracker))))::VersionNumber
     toml = TOML.parsefile(joinpath(pth, "Project.toml"))
diff --git a/src/brighten.jl b/src/brighten.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..634dd22e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/brighten.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""
+    get_brighten_mask(equalized_gray_reconstructed_img, gamma_green)
+# Arguments
+- `equalized_gray_reconstructed_img`: The equalized gray reconstructed image (uint8 in Matlab).
+- `gamma_green`: The gamma value for the green channel (also uint8).
+# Returns
+Difference equalized_gray_reconstructed_img - gamma_green clamped between 0 and 255.
+"""
+function get_brighten_mask(equalized_gray_reconstructed_img, gamma_green)
+    return to_uint8(equalized_gray_reconstructed_img - gamma_green)
+end
+
+"""
+    imbrighten(img, brighten_mask, bright_factor)
+Brighten the image using a mask and a brightening factor.
+# Arguments
+- `img`: The input image.
+- `brighten_mask`: A mask indicating the pixels to brighten.
+- `bright_factor`: The factor by which to brighten the pixels.
+# Returns
+- The brightened image.
+"""
+function imbrighten(img, brighten_mask, bright_factor)
+    img = Float64.(img)
+    brighten_mask = brighten_mask .> 0
+    img[brighten_mask] .= img[brighten_mask] * bright_factor
+    return img = to_uint8(img)
+end
diff --git a/src/histogram_equalization.jl b/src/histogram_equalization.jl
index 64f59bee..fe1f0fef 100644
--- a/src/histogram_equalization.jl
+++ b/src/histogram_equalization.jl
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ function to_uint8(arr::AbstractMatrix{T}) where {T<:AbstractFloat}
     return img
 end
 
+function to_uint8(arr::AbstractMatrix{T}) where {T<:Integer}
+    img = clamp.(arr, 0, 255)
+    return img
+end
+
 function anisotropic_diffusion_3D(I)
     rgbchannels = get_rgb_channels(I)
 
diff --git a/test/test-brighten.jl b/test/test-brighten.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b29fd88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-brighten.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using IceFloeTracker: get_brighten_mask, imbrighten
+
+@testset "brighten tests" begin
+    @testset "get_brighten_mask" begin
+        img = rand(0:255, 5, 5)
+        bumped_img = img .+ 1
+        mask = get_brighten_mask(img, bumped_img)
+        @test all(mask .== 0)
+    end
+
+    @testset "imbrighten tests" begin
+        img = [1 2; 3 4]
+        brighten_mask = [1 0; 1 0]
+
+        test_cases = [(1.25, [1 2; 4 4]), (0.1, [0 2; 0 4]), (0.9, img)]
+
+        for (bright_factor, expected_result) in test_cases
+            result = imbrighten(img, brighten_mask, bright_factor)
+            @test result == expected_result
+        end
+    end
+end
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diff --git a/test/test-imadjust.jl b/test/test-imadjust.jl
index e2acdcf2..470e880c 100644
--- a/test/test-imadjust.jl
+++ b/test/test-imadjust.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @testset "imadjust" begin
     Random.seed!(123)
     img = rand(0:255, 100, 100)
-    sum(IceFloeTracker.imadjust(img)) == 1291155
+    @test sum(IceFloeTracker.imadjust(img)) == 1291155
 end