Image Processing Handbook The: Second Edition (Hardcover)

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Editorial Reviews

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- Anna W. Ren, Head of Public Services, Northwestern University

An excellent book, not only for the entrant into image processing and analysis, but also as a reference for those who use these techniques on a daily basis.
- P.G.T. Howell, University College London

Every person who uses computer image processing...who is planning to use image processing...who is involved in the purchase of computer systems or software that involve image processing...should read this book. And if you are not in one of the above groups, you might want to read it anyway.
- Microscopy Research and Technique

Praise for the previous editions:

The production quality of the volume is superb…John Russ has succeeded in providing a book that meets the intended aim: to provide a self-instruction course on the fundamentals of image processing. I recommend this handbook to those who wish to explore the myriad techniques of digital image processing as well as performing measurements on the processed images.
-Barry R. Masters,Journal of Microscopy, October 1999

There are not many textbooks on image processing that can really be recommended to undergraduate students, but this is one of them.
-Computing Reviews, February 1999

This is a wonderful book on image processing...This book is an example of what an image processing book should be as Russ explains image processing the right way-through pictures.
-Dwayne Phillips, Editor's Choice Review Service

…a well-balanced volume that will find a place on many bookshelves but will not accumulate dust!…already my favourite reference work for image processing!
- B. Batchelor, Cardiff University --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Description

From the reviews of the First Edition:

Product Details

• Hardcover: 752 pages
• Publisher: CRC-Press; 2nd edition (January 7, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849325161
• ISBN-13: 978-0849325168
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,440,840 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good user manual for image processing, August 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Image Processing Handbook, Third Edition (Hardcover)

This book reads like a user manual for an engineering image processing toolkit. In fact, that is exactly what it is -- the author sells a companion CD that is a set of image processing plug-ins to PhotoShop. However, you will not need to buy his toolkit to find this book valuable. Any image processing package that you use will be of greater use to you if you have this book at your side. The important thing to realize is that this is a handbook for technical USERS. It is not a programming manual for how to implement the techniques it discusses, but a very high-quality discussion of what the techniques are and when and why you would use them. Within that domain, the book has remarkable depth and clarity. It is quite up-to-date in its coverage, and draws extensively from real-world applications in medicine, microscopy, and satellite imaging. If you need to develop image processing procedures in your work as an engineer, you will want to have this book by your side.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent Handbook, April 20, 2000

By	Augusto Queiroz (USA) - See all my reviews

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

If you are primarily interested in remote sensing aspects of image processing (e.g., satellite and airborne imagery of the ground). I recommend acquiring this handbook on image processing. By far the best handbook on general Image Processing is "The Image Processing Handbook" edited by Russ and published by the IEEE. I use this book all the time. Of course, if you are getting into specific areas, such as mapping, hyperspectral imagery, synthetic aperature radar imagery or photogrammetry (i.e., precise physical measurement from imagery), or if you have a specific application (such as deforestation or plant diseases or agriculture), you should consider separate books on those topics.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nearly perfect, July 27, 2006

By	B. Dixon (Fox, Alaska) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Image Processing Handbook, Third Edition (Hardcover)

As others have stated, this book comes as close as you'll ever get to a single-source reference on image processing. But if I were ever going to shoot anything down in it, I'd say that a little more mathematical background on some topics (and maybe pseudocoded examples) would help. For example, in the satellite geometric correction section, only a very high level view is given yet this is a challenging topic that could use more depth. Geometric transformations in general could use more depth, e.g. camera calibrations or image warping/morphing/mapping to other projections for example. Another example would be the need for a little more depth on how to make slow algorithms fast ...like convolution multiplications for example. Sure, you could write out the multiplies and spot commonalities, then re-use results that appear in more than one subsequent equation and what not, but some exploration of matrix math and how to make it efficient would be nice. But again ...I'm picking at small things here, and if John's book covered everything that I'd like it to, then it would become 2 books, not one ...hey! Now THERE's an idea! A 2+ book set by John Russ that covers a broader range of topics and does so in greater depth! That's something that I'd pay for (and much better to read than Ballard & Brown)