Practical Handbook on Image Processing for Scientific and Technical Applications

This handbook explains basic and advanced concepts of image processing, provides a collection of algorithms, and demonstrates the algorithms with real-world scientific and technical applications. Updating this second edition to keep current with progress in the field of image processing, Jahne (University of Heidelberg) offers expanded material on applications in areas such as the automotive industry and quality inspection, an in-depth analysis of statistics and random variables for image processing, and a new chapter on classification. Organized according to tasks, each chapter includes a summary, an outline of background, practical tips, and numerous b&w illustrations. A section of color illustrations is also included. Although a mathematical appendix is provided for review, readers should be familiar with matrix algebra and the Fourier transform. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)