Code: 9A04802 R09

B.Tech IV Year I Semester (R09) Supplementary Examinations, May 2013

DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
(Electronics and Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1 (a) Explain with a neat figure the basic idea behind sampling and quantization.
(b) Explain with suitable examples the arithmetic and logical operations among pixels.

2 (a) Explain the Walsh and Hadamard transform.

(b) Define discrete cosine transform and its properties.

3 (a) Perform histogram equalization of the image

(b) Explain briefly image enhancement and its need.

4 (a) Explain about image smoothing using frequency domain.

(b) Distinguish between spatial domain techniques and frequency domain techniques of image
enhancement.

5 (a) Discuss the classification of image restoration techniques.

(b) What are the advantages of a wiener filter over an inverse filter? Prove that a median filter
is a non-linear filter.

6 (a) What is an ‘edge’ in an image? On what mathematical operation are the two basic
approaches for edge detection based on. Give two applications of image segmentation.
(b) Distinguish between local and global thresholding techniques for image segmentation.

7 (a) Mention the different steps employed in the coding of images using vector quantization.
(b) Explain briefly the classification of redundancy in images.

8 (a) Explain the process of converting colors from HIS to RGB.

(b) Explain the smoothing and sharpening of color images.

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