System and method for enhancing medical images, generating reflectance image from brightness component image using machine learning model

A computing system comprising one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:

• receive a medical image;
• convert the medical image into a brightness component image and two color component images;
• generate a reflectance image from the brightness component image using a machine learning model, wherein the reflectance image comprises a plurality of reflectance estimates, each reflectance estimate being an estimate of a ratio of light reflected from a surface to a total amount of light incident on the surface;
• and
• generate an enhanced medical image based on the reflectance image and the two color component images.