1. A method for characterizing a digital image comprising: identifying a feature of interest within the image; applying a feature algorithm to the image based on the feature of interest to determine a feature vector for the image; selecting among predefined gray level morphology algorithm input variables unique for the image, based upon the determined feature vector for the image, to provide a customized gray level morphology algorithm to apply to the image; applying the customized gray level morphology algorithm to the image to provide enhanced image data; and calculating feature statistics based on the enhanced image data.