The Essential Guide to Image Processing

The Essential Guide to Image Processing

Author: Alan C. Bovik

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2009-07-08

Total Pages: 877

ISBN-13: 0080922511

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A complete introduction to the basic and intermediate concepts of image processing from the leading people in the field Up-to-date content, including statistical modeling of natural, anistropic diffusion, image quality and the latest developments in JPEG 2000 This comprehensive and state-of-the art approach to image processing gives engineers and students a thorough introduction, and includes full coverage of key applications: image watermarking, fingerprint recognition, face recognition and iris recognition and medical imaging. "This book combines basic image processing techniques with some of the most advanced procedures. Introductory chapters dedicated to general principles are presented alongside detailed application-orientated ones. As a result it is suitably adapted for different classes of readers, ranging from Master to PhD students and beyond." – Prof. Jean-Philippe Thiran, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland "Al Bovik’s compendium proceeds systematically from fundamentals to today’s research frontiers. Professor Bovik, himself a highly respected leader in the field, has invited an all-star team of contributors. Students, researchers, and practitioners of image processing alike should benefit from the Essential Guide." – Prof. Bernd Girod, Stanford University, USA "This book is informative, easy to read with plenty of examples, and allows great flexibility in tailoring a course on image processing or analysis." – Prof. Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego, USA A complete and modern introduction to the basic and intermediate concepts of image processing – edited and written by the leading people in the field An essential reference for all types of engineers working on image processing applications Up-to-date content, including statistical modelling of natural, anisotropic diffusion, image quality and the latest developments in JPEG 2000


The Essential Guide to Video Processing

The Essential Guide to Video Processing

Author: Alan C. Bovik

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2009-07-07

Total Pages: 777

ISBN-13: 0080922503

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This comprehensive and state-of-the art approach to video processing gives engineers and students a comprehensive introduction and includes full coverage of key applications: wireless video, video networks, video indexing and retrieval and use of video in speech processing. Containing all the essential methods in video processing alongside the latest standards, it is a complete resource for the professional engineer, researcher and graduate student. - Numerous conceptual and numerical examples - All the latest standards are thoroughly covered: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 and AVC - Coverage of the latest techniques in video security "Like its sister volume "The Essential Guide to Image Processing," Professor Bovik's Essential Guide to Video Processing provides a timely and comprehensive survey, with contributions from leading researchers in the area. Highly recommended for everyone with an interest in this fascinating and fast-moving field." —Prof. Bernd Girod, Stanford University, USA - Edited by a leading person in the field who created the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, with contributions from experts in their fields - Numerous conceptual and numerical examples - All the latest standards are thoroughly covered: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 and AVC - Coverage of the latest techniques in video security


Feature Extraction and Image Processing for Computer Vision

Feature Extraction and Image Processing for Computer Vision

Author: Mark Nixon

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2012-12-18

Total Pages: 629

ISBN-13: 0123978246

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Feature Extraction and Image Processing for Computer Vision is an essential guide to the implementation of image processing and computer vision techniques, with tutorial introductions and sample code in Matlab. Algorithms are presented and fully explained to enable complete understanding of the methods and techniques demonstrated. As one reviewer noted, "The main strength of the proposed book is the exemplar code of the algorithms." Fully updated with the latest developments in feature extraction, including expanded tutorials and new techniques, this new edition contains extensive new material on Haar wavelets, Viola-Jones, bilateral filtering, SURF, PCA-SIFT, moving object detection and tracking, development of symmetry operators, LBP texture analysis, Adaboost, and a new appendix on color models. Coverage of distance measures, feature detectors, wavelets, level sets and texture tutorials has been extended. - Named a 2012 Notable Computer Book for Computing Methodologies by Computing Reviews - Essential reading for engineers and students working in this cutting-edge field - Ideal module text and background reference for courses in image processing and computer vision - The only currently available text to concentrate on feature extraction with working implementation and worked through derivation


Image Processing and Pattern Recognition

Image Processing and Pattern Recognition

Author: Frank Y. Shih

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-05-03

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 0470404612

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A comprehensive guide to the essential principles of image processing and pattern recognition Techniques and applications in the areas of image processing and pattern recognition are growing at an unprecedented rate. Containing the latest state-of-the-art developments in the field, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition presents clear explanations of the fundamentals as well as the most recent applications. It explains the essential principles so readers will not only be able to easily implement the algorithms and techniques, but also lead themselves to discover new problems and applications. Unlike other books on the subject, this volume presents numerous fundamental and advanced image processing algorithms and pattern recognition techniques to illustrate the framework. Scores of graphs and examples, technical assistance, and practical tools illustrate the basic principles and help simplify the problems, allowing students as well as professionals to easily grasp even complicated theories. It also features unique coverage of the most interesting developments and updated techniques, such as image watermarking, digital steganography, document processing and classification, solar image processing and event classification, 3-D Euclidean distance transformation, shortest path planning, soft morphology, recursive morphology, regulated morphology, and sweep morphology. Additional topics include enhancement and segmentation techniques, active learning, feature extraction, neural networks, and fuzzy logic. Featuring supplemental materials for instructors and students, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition is designed for undergraduate seniors and graduate students, engineering and scientific researchers, and professionals who work in signal processing, image processing, pattern recognition, information security, document processing, multimedia systems, and solar physics.


Field Guide to Image Processing

Field Guide to Image Processing

Author: Khan Mohammad Iftekharuddin

Publisher: SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780819490216

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Digital imaging is essential to many industries, such as remote sensing, entertainment, defense, and biotechnology, and many processing techniques have been developed over time. This Field Guide serves as a resource for commonly used image-processing concepts and tools; with this foundation, readers will better understand how to apply these tools to various problems encountered in the field. Topics include filtering, time-frequency-domain processing, and image compression, morphology, and restoration.


Markov Random Fields for Vision and Image Processing

Markov Random Fields for Vision and Image Processing

Author: Andrew Blake

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2011-07-22

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 0262015773

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State-of-the-art research on MRFs, successful MRF applications, and advanced topics for future study. This volume demonstrates the power of the Markov random field (MRF) in vision, treating the MRF both as a tool for modeling image data and, utilizing recently developed algorithms, as a means of making inferences about images. These inferences concern underlying image and scene structure as well as solutions to such problems as image reconstruction, image segmentation, 3D vision, and object labeling. It offers key findings and state-of-the-art research on both algorithms and applications. After an introduction to the fundamental concepts used in MRFs, the book reviews some of the main algorithms for performing inference with MRFs; presents successful applications of MRFs, including segmentation, super-resolution, and image restoration, along with a comparison of various optimization methods; discusses advanced algorithmic topics; addresses limitations of the strong locality assumptions in the MRFs discussed in earlier chapters; and showcases applications that use MRFs in more complex ways, as components in bigger systems or with multiterm energy functions. The book will be an essential guide to current research on these powerful mathematical tools.


A Beginner's Guide to Image Preprocessing Techniques

A Beginner's Guide to Image Preprocessing Techniques

Author: Jyotismita Chaki

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-11-05

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781138339316

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For optimal computer vision outcomes, attention to image pre-processing is required so that one can improve image features by eliminating unwanted falsification. This book emphasizes various image pre-processing methods which are necessary for early extraction of features from the image. Effective use of image pre-processing can offer advantages and resolve complications that finally results in improved detection of local and global features. Different approaches for image enrichments and improvements are conferred in this book that will affect the feature analysis depending on how the procedures are employed. Key Features Describes the methods used to prepare images for further analysis which includes noise removal, enhancement, segmentation, local, and global feature description Includes image data pre-processing for neural networks and deep learning Covers geometric, pixel brightness, filtering, mathematical morphology transformation, and segmentation pre-processing techniques Illustrates a combination of basic and advanced pre-processing techniques essential to computer vision pipeline Details complications to resolve using image pre-processing


Algorithms for Image Processing and Computer Vision

Algorithms for Image Processing and Computer Vision

Author: J. R. Parker

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-11-29

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 1118021886

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A cookbook of algorithms for common image processing applications Thanks to advances in computer hardware and software, algorithms have been developed that support sophisticated image processing without requiring an extensive background in mathematics. This bestselling book has been fully updated with the newest of these, including 2D vision methods in content-based searches and the use of graphics cards as image processing computational aids. It’s an ideal reference for software engineers and developers, advanced programmers, graphics programmers, scientists, and other specialists who require highly specialized image processing. Algorithms now exist for a wide variety of sophisticated image processing applications required by software engineers and developers, advanced programmers, graphics programmers, scientists, and related specialists This bestselling book has been completely updated to include the latest algorithms, including 2D vision methods in content-based searches, details on modern classifier methods, and graphics cards used as image processing computational aids Saves hours of mathematical calculating by using distributed processing and GPU programming, and gives non-mathematicians the shortcuts needed to program relatively sophisticated applications. Algorithms for Image Processing and Computer Vision, 2nd Edition provides the tools to speed development of image processing applications.


The Essential Guide to Digital Signal Processing

The Essential Guide to Digital Signal Processing

Author: Richard G. Lyons

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0133804429

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Using everyday examples and simple diagrams, two leading DSP consultants and instructors completely demystify signal processing with this text. Students will discover what digital signals are, how they're generated, and how they're changing life. Students will learn all they need to know about digital signal collection, filtering, analysis, and more, and how DSP works in today's most exciting devices and applications.


Image Processing

Image Processing

Author: Maria M. P. Petrou

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-05-17

Total Pages: 835

ISBN-13: 047074586X

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Following the success of the first edition, this thoroughly updated second edition of Image Processing: The Fundamentals will ensure that it remains the ideal text for anyone seeking an introduction to the essential concepts of image processing. New material includes image processing and colour, sine and cosine transforms, Independent Component Analysis (ICA), phase congruency and the monogenic signal and several other new topics. These updates are combined with coverage of classic topics in image processing, such as orthogonal transforms and image enhancement, making this a truly comprehensive text on the subject. Key features: Presents material at two levels of difficulty: the main text addresses the fundamental concepts and presents a broad view of image processing, whilst more advanced material is interleaved in boxes throughout the text, providing further reference for those who wish to examine each technique in depth. Contains a large number of fully worked out examples. Focuses on an understanding of how image processing methods work in practice. Illustrates complex algorithms on a step-by-step basis, and lists not only the good practices but also identifies the pitfalls in each case. Uses a clear question and answer structure. Includes a CD containing the MATLAB® code of the various examples and algorithms presented in the book. There is also an accompanying website with slides available for download for instructors as a teaching resource. Image Processing: The Fundamentals, Second Edition is an ideal teaching resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. It will also be of value to researchers of various disciplines from medicine to mathematics with a professional interest in image processing