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Chapter 1: Introduction
They were not real image processing, only image encoding and printing
and some improvements.
© 2002 R. C. Gonzalez & R. E. Woods
In 1960s, computer and its programming were brought into, the true
image processing began.
. quantization
F(x,y)
X
x
Original Image
Enhanced Image
Cracked parts
Redundant Info.
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Segmenting an
image
Image1 Image2
image processing
Data Image3
Computer Graphics
(x,y)
Control
Signals
.. Park management
Automatically record the car license plate and recognize it
and control passing-bar to switch on or off.
(2) X-ray and Visual bands of spectrum are the most familiar images in
actual application, such as X-ray in medical inspection and so on.
Nuclear medicine: Inject a patient with a radioactive isotope that can emit
gamma-ray. It is used in locating sites of bone pathology,such as infection
or tumors.
PET --- Positron Emission Tomograph
f (x,y)
x 0,1,......N 1 y 0,1,......M 1
f ( x, y ) 0,1,......L 1
n m k
Usually, N 2 and M 2 L 2
So the number, b, of bits required to store a digital image:
b M Nk
U
s
u
a
l
l
y
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