... years, nonlinear methods and techniques have emerged as intensive re-
search topics in the fields of signal and image processing. The reason for this
increased interest in nonlinear methods of image ... results, nonlinear algorithms are necessary. Moreover,
the nonlinear behavior of optical imaging systems and their related image for-
mation systems must be taken into accou...
... 99, 19].
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1.4 Noise Reduction Filters for Color Image Processing
Several nonlinear techniques for color image processing ... cannot cope with nonlinearities of the image
formation model and fail to preserve edges and image details.
To this end, nonlinear color image processing techniques are in...
... format.
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Linear Image Processing
Linear image processing is based on the same two techniques as conventional DSP: convolution
and Fourier analysis. Convolution is the more important of these two, since images ... in image processing. For example, the Fourier
transform of a 512×512 image requires several minutes on a personal
computer. This is roughly 10,000 times sl...
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Introduction 15
1.1 What Is Digital Image Processing? 15
1.2 The Origins of Digital Image Processing 17
1.3 Examples of Fields that Use Digital Image Processing 21
1.3.1 Gamma-Ray Imaging 22
1.3.2 ... 34
1.4 Fundamental Steps in Digital Image Processing 39
1.5 Components of an Image Processing System 42
Summary 44
References and Further Reading 45
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Digital Image Fu...
... of the image at that point.When
x, y, and the amplitude values of f are all finite, discrete quantities, we call the
image a digital image. The field of digital image processing refers to processing
digital ... antic-
ipated. The area of image analysis (also called image understanding) is in be-
tween image processing and computer vision.
There are no clear-cut boundaries i...