by: Luiz Velho, Alejandro C. Frery, Jonas Gomes publisher: Springer released: 2008-10-10 ISBN: 1848001924 Price: $89.95 Buy Now!
Description
Image processing is concerned with the analysis and manipulation of images by computer. Providing a thorough treatment of image processing, with an emphasis on those aspects most used in computer graphics and vision, this fully revised second edition concentrates on describing and analyzing the underlying concepts of this subject.
As befits a modern introduction to this topic, a good balance is struck between discussing the underlying mathematics and the main topics of signal processing, data discretization, the theory of color and different color systems, operations in images, dithering and half-toning, warping and morphing, and image processing. Significantly expanded and revised, this easy-to-follow text/reference reflects recent trends in science and technology that exploit image processing in computer graphics and vision applications. Stochastic image models and statistical methods for image processing are covered, as is probability theory for image processing, and a focus on applications in image analysis and computer vision.
Features:
• Includes 5 new chapters and major changes throughout
• Adopts a conceptual approach with emphasis on the mathematical concepts and their applications
•Introduces an abstraction paradigm that relates mathematical models with image processing techniques and implementation methods - used throughout to help understanding of the mathematical theory and its practical use
• Motivates through an elementary presentation, opting for an intuitive description where needed
• Contains adopted innovative formulations whenever necessary for clarity of exposition
• Provides numerous examples and illustrations, as an aid to understanding
• Focuses on the aspects of image processing that have importance in computer graphics and vision applications
• Offers a comprehensive introductory chapter for instructors
This comprehensive text imparts a good conceptual understanding of the topic, as a basis for further study, and is suitable both as a textbook and a professional reference. The current extended edition is a must-have resource and guide for all studying or interested in this field.
Les auteurs d?voilent les ?l?gants concepts math?matiques cach?s derri?re des applications technologiques et les replacent dans un contexte historique. Les sujets trait?s comprennent : la cryptographie ? cl? publique, les codes correcteurs d'erreurs, le syst?me de positionnement global (GPS) et la cartographie, la compression d'images ? l'aide de fractals et ? l'aide du format JPEG, la reproduction de la musique, les robots, l'ordinateur ? l'ADN, l'algorithme PageRank de Google, l'?pargne et l'emprunt, la chirurgie au rayon gamma, les g?n?rateurs de nombres al?atoires. Un des leitmotivs du texte est que la mod?lisation math?matique, la puissance des outils math?matiques et l'abstraction sont toutes cruciales pour l'innovation technologique. Les divers sujets sont pr?sent?s avec clart? et les pr?alables math?matiques relativement ?l?mentaires. Chaque chapitre sugg?re de nombreux exercices, certains ?l?mentaires pour renforcer la compr?hension, d'autres plus avanc?s pour explorer de nouvelles probl?matiques.
Math?matiques et Technologie s'adresse aux ?tudiants en math?matiques de fin de premier cycle universitaire (junior and senior undergraduates du syst?me nord-am?ricain) et aux futurs ma?tres du secondaire. Les pr?alables sont l'alg?bre lin?aire, la g?om?trie euclidienne et, pour quelques chapitres, les probabilit?s ?l?mentaires ou le calcul ? plusieurs variables. De plus, trois qualit?s le rendent accessible ? un grand ?ventail de lecteurs curieux : une mise en contexte historique de certains concepts math?matiques ou de l'?volution d'une technologie enrichit le texte; le calcul diff?rentiel et int?gral n'y joue pas un r?le de premier plan; enfin le livre offre au lecteur le choix de s’initier ? une technologie en lisant les sections ?l?mentaires ou encore d’approfondir les d?tails plus subtils en poursuivant la lecture des sections avanc?es (clairement identifi?es).
During the last decade, image and signal compression for storage and transmission purpose has seen a great expansion. But what about medical data compression? Should a medical image or a physiological signal be processed and compressed like any other data? The progress made in imaging systems, storing systems and telemedicine makes compression in this field particularly interesting. However, this compression has to be adapted to the specificities of biomedical data which contain diagnosis information. As such, this book offers an overview of compression techniques applied to medical data, including: physiological signals, MRI, X-ray, ultrasound images, static and dynamic volumetric images. Researchers, clinicians, engineers and professionals in this area, along with postgraduate students in the signal and image processing field, will find this book to be of great interest. Buy Now!
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects, AMDO 2008, held in Port d'Andratx, Mallorca, Spain, in July 2008.
The 36 revised full papers and 7 poster papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. The papers are organized in topical section on computer graphics: human modelling and animation, human motion: analysis, tracking, 3D reconstruction and recognition, multimodal user interaction: VR and ar, speech, biometrics, and advanced multimedia systems: standards, indexed video contents.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching, CPM 2008, held in Pisa, Italy, in June 2008.
The 25 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The papers address all areas related to combinatorial pattern matching and its applications, such as coding and data compression, computational biology, data mining, information retrieval, natural language processing, pattern recognition, string algorithms, string processing in databases, symbolic computing and text searching.
The arrival, and continuing evolution, of high quality 3D objects has been made possible by recent progress in 3D scanner acquisition and 3D graphics rendering. With this increasing quality comes a corresponding increase in the size and complexity of the data files and the necessity for advances in compression techniques. Effective indexing to facilitate the retrieval of the 3D data is then required to efficiently store, search and recapture the objects that have been compressed. The application of 3D images in fields such as communications, medicine and the military also calls for copyright protection, or watermarking, to secure the data for transmission.
Written by expert contributors, this timely text brings together the three important and complementary topics of compression, retrieval and watermarking techniques for 3D objects. 3D object processing applications are developing rapidly and this book tackles the challenges and opportunities presented, focusing on the secure transmission, sharing and searching of 3D objects on networks, and includes:
an introduction to the commonly used 3D representation schemes; the characteristics, advantages and limitations of polygonal meshes, surface based models and volumetric models;
3D compression techniques; the 3D coding and decoding schemes for reducing the size of 3D data to reduce transmission time and minimize distortion;
state of the art responses to the intrinsic challenges of building a 3D-model search engine, considering view-based, structural and full-3D approaches;
watermarking techniques for ensuring intellectual property protection and content security without altering the visual quality of the 3D object.
3D Object Processing: Compression, Indexing and Watermarking is an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers working in signal and image processing, computer aided design, animation and imaging systems. Practising engineers who want to expand their knowledge of 3D video objects, including data compression, indexing, security, and copyrighting of information, will also find this book of great use.
Multimedia hardware still cannot accommodate the demand for large amounts of visual data. Without the generation of high-quality video bitstreams, limited hardware capabilities will continue to stifle the advancement of multimedia technologies. Thorough grounding in coding is needed so that applications such as MPEG-4 and JPEG 2000 may come to fruition.
Image and Video Compression for Multimedia Engineering provides a solid, comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals and algorithms that lead to the creation of new methods for generating high quality video bit streams. The authors present a number of relevant advances along with international standards.
New to the Second Edition
· A chapter describing the recently developed video coding standard, MPEG-Part 10 Advances Video Coding also known as H.264
· Fundamental concepts and algorithms of JPEG2000
· Color systems of digital video
· Up-to-date video coding standards and profiles
· An CD-ROM containing illustrative examples of image and video compression
Visual data, image, and video coding will continue to enable the creation of advanced hardware, suitable to the demands of new applications. Covering both image and video compression, this book yields a unique, self-contained reference for practitioners tobuild a basis for future study, research, and development. Buy Now!
5 customer reviews (average rating: )
Wow.... September 2, 2005
Wonderfully complex reading, the kind of thing if you grasp the concepts will make you smile at the brilliance of the science. Unfortunately, I'm not there yet and still struggle to understand it all.
More for the scientist in you, not for practical day to day use or, knowledge. Buy Now!
a nice book to have. January 15, 2004
i read the block matching(video compression) chapter of this book, and was impressed by its clarity. the authors explained this topic neatly; the same convincing explanation i failed to find in 10+ other papers. the scope/depth of image/video compression covered in the book is sufficient for one or two semesters' study, or good as reference book.
the only regrettful thing is, the price is too expensive for a poor graduate student. Buy Now!
A nice book to have. September 28, 2003
Learned a lot on video compression by reading this book. I give 3 star because I didn't get A in my course. Buy Now!
A Well Written Text Book on Multimedia. August 30, 2001
This book contains fundamentals as well as standards including MPEG-4. A very well written book in this subject. Good to have it. Buy Now!
This book needs editing!. February 5, 2001
Throughout this book, there are many serious grammatical mistakes. This becomes increasingly frustrating for the reader when the book progresses to more advanced topics. Also, the reader should have a solid foundation in the topics covered because the book does a very poor job of explaining the material. This book should only be used as a reference or as a companion to a better book on this subject. Buy Now!
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Multimedia Modeling Conference, MMM 2007, held in Kyoto, Japan, in January 2007.
The 23 revised full papers and 24 revised poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 133 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on media understanding, creative media, visual content representation, video codecs, media retrieval, as well as audio and music.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, PCM 2007, held in Hong Kong, China, in December 2007.
The 73 revised full papers and 21 revised poster presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 247 submissions. The papers are organized in topical session on image classification and retrieval, the AVS china national standard - technology, applications and products, human face and action recognition, H.264 video coding, video analysis and retrieval, media security and DRM, audio, speech and sound processing, digital watermarking, multimedia information systems for biomedical research, media delivery, video communication and systems, video compression and processing, face and 3D model analysis, multimedia applications, image indexing, identification and processing, as well as multimedia processing.
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A nice book to have. September 28, 2003 
A Well Written Text Book on Multimedia. August 30, 2001 
This book needs editing!. February 5, 2001 
