Image Processing: The Fundamentals [Hardcover]

Maria Petrou (Author), Panagiota Bosdogianni (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471998834 | ISBN-13: 978-0471998839 | Publication Date: October 5, 1999 | Edition: 1

Image Processing The Fundamentals Maria Petrou, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Panagiota Bosdogianni, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece Image processing has been one of the most active areas of research in recent years. The techniques involved have found significant applications in areas as diverse as video-conferencing, image communication, robotics, geoscience and medicine. From intelligent cars that drive themselves to key-hole surgery, this enormous impact on society is expected to change our lives radically. Providing a step by step guide to the basic principles underlying all image processing tasks, this volume is the result of 11 years of teaching experience.
* Features numerous worked examples, guiding the reader through the intricacies of reaching the solutions.
* Explains the concepts introduced using small sized images that the reader can manipulate without the use of computers.
* Allows the reader to appreciate the 'nuts and bolts' of each method, the issues involved and the problems that may be encountered in real applications.
* Presents detailed mathematical explanations at two levels - an easy-to-follow narrative with minimum use of mathematics, and a higher level that uses mathematical rigour.
Image Processing: The Fundamentals is an ideal self-teaching aide and will prove an invaluable companion for research students in related fields. Alternative techniques are demonstrated for each image allowing the reader to appreciate subtle differences between them. Visit Our Web Page! http://www.wiley.com/

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"your reviewer enjoyed the book and will use it repeatedly. ...." (The Photogrammetric Record, April 2001)

"the reader learns a great deal about the subject very rapidly" (Ultramicroscopy, Vol.87, 2001)

From the Back Cover

Image processing has been one of the most active areas of research in recent years. The techniques involved have found significant applications in areas as diverse as video-conferencing, image communication, robotics, geoscience and medicine. From intelligent cars that drive themselves to key-hole surgery, this enormous impact on society is expected to change our lives radically. Providing a step by step guide to the basic principles underlying all image processing tasks, this volume is the result of 11 years of teaching experience.
* Features numerous worked examples, guiding the reader through the intricacies of reaching the solutions.
* Explains the concepts introduced using small sized images that the reader can manipulate without the use of computers.
* Allows the reader to appreciate the 'nuts and bolts' of each method, the issues involved and the problems that may be encountered in real applications.
* Presents detailed mathematical explanations at two levels - an easy-to-follow narrative with minimum use of mathematics, and a higher level that uses mathematical rigour.
Image Processing: The Fundamentals is an ideal self-teaching aide and will prove an invaluable companion for research students in related fields. Alternative techniques are demonstrated for each image allowing the reader to appreciate subtle differences between them.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 354 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 5, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471998834
• ISBN-13: 978-0471998839
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #657,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Concise and comprehensive, April 15, 2000

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Riccardo Montanari (Rome Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Image Processing: The Fundamentals (Hardcover)

This book is a complete study guide that fits the needs of engineers as well as those of newcomers to the field. Its most important feature is the way the author allows students with a little background in mathematics to go through all the topics presented without getting lost or discouraged. The purpose is achieved with a simple but efficient strategy: an easy to follow level is the main body of the book and a lot of examples provide the reader with all the tools necesary to grasp the basics. The higher level material (advanced mathematics) is therefore not indispensable to actually understand Image Enhancement, Image Restoration, Preparation for Automatic Vision, and a little bit of Image Compression.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book on Image Processing, January 29, 2011

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Sergios Theodoridis - See all my reviews

This review is from: Image Processing: The Fundamentals (Hardcover)

I found the book extremely helpful and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

It gives the solid theoretical background of the methods and algorithms, which range from classical material to more modern techniques, like ICA, graph cuts, etc. At the same time, the book guides the reader in a step by step recipe of how to use techniques, and what to avoid. What I also found extremely useful, for teaching the topic to students, is that there are many examples, which are fully worked out with all the details. The students love it.

The MATLAB code, that is included in a CD that comes with the book, is a valuable tool for experimenting with the various techniques, and helping the reader to grasp the secrets associated with the associated techniques and algorithms.

Sergios Theodoridis
University of Athens

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book long needed, January 25, 2011

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Boris Escalante - See all my reviews

This review is from: Image Processing: The Fundamentals (Hardcover)

This is a book that many of us wanted to see in the market since long ago. Among all the published books on image processing only a few of them devote enough space to both theoretical fundamentals and practical issues.

The mathematical principles are clearly a major concern for the authors, so they are a fundamental part of the book and are very clearly explained. Moreoever, most of the fundamental principles are presented as answers to key questions frequenty posed by anyone seeking to understand the basics of image processing, what makes the book very easy to read and undestand.

Another nice distinctive characteristic of the book is the detailed explanation on practical issues and fully developed examples that allow the reader to thoroughly understand how to solve problems and how to implement the main image processing algorithms.

The book covers all the topics that one expects to find in an introductory book but also some of the more important advanced topics that have proven to be indispensable for any one aiming to understand modern image processing such as singular value decomposition, independent component analysis, multispectral image processing, homgeneous and inhomogeneous image restoration, etc.