[...]... Biomedical Image Analysis 12.6.1 Microscopic Image Analysis 12.6.2 Macroscopic Image Analysis 12.7 Biomedical Imaging Modalities 12.7.1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 12.7.2 Computed Axial Tomography 12.7.3 Nuclear and Ultrasound Imaging 12.8 X -Ray Imaging 12.8.1 X -Ray Images for Lung Disease Identification 12.8.2 Enhancement of Chest X -Ray 12.8.3 CT-scan for Lung Nodule Detection 12.8.4 X -Ray Images... remotely sensed images and their applications In Chapter 14, we describe principles and applications of dynamic scene analysis, moving-object detection, and tracking Image compression plays an important role for image storage and transmission We devote Chapter 15 to fundamentals of image compression We describe the J P E G standard for image compression in Chapter 16 In Chapters 17 and 18, we describe... CT-scan, X -ray, and MRI are shown in Figure 1.2 (i) localizing the objects of interest, i.e different organs (ii) taking the measurements of the extracted objects, e.g tumors in the image APPLICATIONS OF IMAGE PROCESSING 5 Fig 1.2 Examples of (a) CT-scan image of brain, (b) X -ray image of wrist, ( c ) MRI image of brain (iii) interpreting the objects for diagnosis Some of the biomedical imaging applications. .. other multimedia applications We introduce the concepts of content-based image retrieval and image miningin Chapter 11 Biomedical images like x -Ray, ultrasonography, and CT-scan images provide sufficient information for medical diagnostics in biomedical engineering We devote Chapter 12 t o biomedical image analysis and interpretation In this chapter, we also describe two important applications of biometric... CONTENTS References 104 6 Image Enhancement and Restoration 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Distinction between image enhancement and restoration 6.3 Spatial Image Enhancement Techniques 6.3.1 Spatial Low-Pass and High-Pass Filtering 6.3.2 Averaging and Spatial Low-Pass Filtering 6.3.3 Unsharp Masking and Crisping 6.3.4 Directional Smoothing 6.4 Histrogram-based Contrast Enhancement 6.4.1 Image Histogram 6.4.2 Histogram... human intervention In recognition-based tracking, the object pattern is recognized in successive image- frames and tracking is carried-out using its positional information HUMAN VISUAL PERCEPTION 1.2.7 7 Image and Video Compression Image and video compression is an active application area in image processing [12, 151 Development of compression technologies for image and video continues t o play an important... tracking Image Compression plays an important role for image storage and transmission We devote Chapter 15 t o describe the fundamentals of image compression and principles behind it There are many image compression techniques in the literature However, adhering t o image compression standards is important for interoperability and exchange of image data in today’s networked world The international standard... 2 Image Formation and Representation 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Image formation 2.2.1 Illumination 2.2.2 Reflectance Models 2.2.3 Point Spread Function 2.3 Sampling and Quantization 2.3.1 Image Sampling 2.3.2 Image Quantization 2.4 Binary Image 2.4.1 Geometric Properties 2.4.2 Chain code representation of a binary object 2.5 Three-Dimensional Imaging 2.5.1 Stereo Images 2.5.2 Range Image Aquisition 2.6 Image. .. recognition and signature verification Remote sensing is one of the most important applications in image processing We discuss various satellite based remotely sensed image processing applications in Chapter 13 In Chapter 14, we describe principles and applications of dynamic scene analysis, moving-object detection, and tracking We also included recent developments such as condensation algorithm and particle... compression and coding of the visual information With growing demand of various imaging applications, storage requirements of digital imagery are growing explosively Compact representation of image data and their storage and transmission through communication bandwidth is a crucial and active area of development today Interestingly enough, image data generally contain a significant amount of superfluous and . references and index. ISBN-13 97 8-0 -4 7 1-7 199 8-4 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10 0-4 7 1-7 199 8-6 (cloth : alk. paper) TA1637.A3 2005 621.36‘74~22 20050 05170 p. cm. 1. Image processing. I. Ray, . Librury of Congress Cataloging-in-Publicution Dutu: Acharya, Tinku. Image processing : principles and applications / Tinku Acharya, Ajoy K. Ray. “A Wiley-Interscience Publication.” Includes. Identification 12.8.2 Enhancement of Chest X -Ray 12.8.3 CT-scan for Lung Nodule Detection 12.8.4 X -Ray Images for Heart Disease Identification 12.8.5 X -Ray Images for Congenital Heart Disease 12.8.6