1. A method of detail enhancement for an original image signal represented by a set of pixels, the method comprising the steps of: (a) detecting image pixels that belong to an image edge; (b) for a detected pixel, generating an unsharp image signal at the detected pixel location; (c) determining the difference between the original image signal and the unsharp signal, wherein said difference represents image details; and (d) boosting the difference signal and adding the boosted signal to the original signal to obtain a detail enhanced image signal; whereby boosting of any noise at the selected pixel location is reduced.