Digital Image Analysis: Selected Techniques and Applications - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387950664 ISBN 13: 9780387950662

Publisher: Springer, 2001

Synopsis

The human visual system as a functional unit including the eyes, the nervous system, and the corresponding parts of the brain certainly ranks among the most important means of human information processing. The e?ciency of the biological systems is beyond the capabilities of today’s technical systems, even with the fastest available computer systems. However, there are areas of application where digital image analysis systems produce acceptable results. Systems in these areas solve very specialized tasks, they operate in a limited environment, and high speed is often not necessary. Several factors determine the economical application of technical vision systems: cost, speed, ?exibility, robu- ness, functionality, and integration with other system components. Many of the recent developments in digital image processing and pattern recognition show some of the required achievements. Computer vision enhances the capabilities of computer systems • in autonomously collecting large amounts of data, • in extracting relevant information, • in perceiving its environment, and • in automatic or semiautomatic operation in this environment. The development of computer systems in general shows a steadily increasing need in computational power, which comes with decreasing hardware costs.

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Synopsis

The processing of digital images by computers constitutes a new challenge t computer science because a huge amount of data has to be processed in extremely short time. This necessitates the development of new parallel process and operation structures to achieve acceptable response times. The tasks of preprocessing steps include the removal of noise, the calibration of the images and the enhancement of image quality. The resulting images are input to procedures that transform their contents into a compact form suitable within the scope of the given application. The ultimate goal is to make a rich set of methods for image analysis available and to apply them to different areas. A broad-ranging technical survey of computational and analytical methods and tools for digital image analysis and interpretation. An excellent, up-to-date resource for computer scientists' and engineers' digital imaginging and analysis.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387950664
• ISBN 13: 9780387950662
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 535
• Editor: Kropatsch Walter, Bischof Horst