'independent image' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use the phrase to talk about the perception one has of themselves that is not influenced by other people's expectations or opinions. For example, "She had an independent image of herself, one forged without the input of peers."
I love how she is unapologetically herself – she has a strong and independent image.
At the Tate Gallery, a wall covered in writing gave an outgoing, independent image.
Unlike most other Ukrainian politicians, however, Orobets managed to retain her independent image.
Tested on an independent image (2013), 63 of 1483 possible fields showed unusual crop condition.
In the CONFIGR algorithm, the smallest independent image unit is the visible pixel, whose size defines a computational spatial scale.
The craft beer brand Camden Town Brewery is to put its independent image on the line after agreeing to be bought by the global drinks giant AB InBev.
Each unit potentially functions as an independent, image-forming eyelet that contributes a partial image of the visual field.
He found that the colour perceived is not dependent on the relative amounts of blue, green, and red light entering the eye; he proposed that at least three independent image-forming mechanisms, which he called retinexes, are sensitive to different colours and work in conjunction to indicate the colour seen.
The percentage of p63-positive cells was calculated through counting of three independent images; error bars represent s.d.
In either case, they are stereoblind, meaning their brains cannot combine independent images from each retina to create depth perception.
Immunofluorescence analysis reveals that loss of the ATAC day 7 peak results in a significant decrease in TFAP2C expression at day 7 (*P = 0.04 from three independent images).
