1. An interactive method to detect, isolate, and visually enhance features in a received digital image comprising the following steps: establishing at least one range of feature characteristics for enhancement; selecting a wavelet basis function based upon said established range; selecting gain factors based on said established range; transforming at least a portion of said received digital image into the wavelet domain utilizing said selected basis function to obtain transform coefficients; enhancing said established range of feature characteristics using said transform coefficients and said selected gain factors to provide enhanced transform coefficients; and inversely transforming said enhanced transform coefficients giving an enhanced image.