The image processing handbook.

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The author John Russ, with his book ``The image processing handbook aims at providing a book for use as a teaching and learning resource to enhance image processing skills. Image processing issues are not new neither are the techniques for image processing presented in this volume. The contribution of this book is in the area of gaining an understanding of the principles underlying these techniques, and of understanding the advantages and the disadvantages in utilizing them. The text describes a large number of techniques while their effect on images is demonstrated with the help of the accompanying pictures. This presentation method provides the reader with a thorough understanding of the image processing techniques. The thrust of the book remains teaching by example: by seeing the effect of the various transformations applied to representative images, the reader will anticipate their effect and select the proper technique to apply in a given situation. This volume covers image acquiring, printing and storage, correcting imaging defects, image enhancement, processing images in frequency space, segmentation and thresholding, processing binary images, image measurements, 3D image acquisition, 3D image visualization, surface imaging. The author successfully presents the techniques always bearing in mind the limitations imposed by the digital nature of the images, the recording hardware, and the processing software. The absence of a detailed mathematical treatment can be considerate an advantage. The 745 pages of text focuses on image processing techniques. In addition to the content and the presentation method adopted in this volume, one additional positive aspect of this book is the good reproduction of the images. The scientific literature, listed at the end of the book, offers the interested reader with amber of references in the subject. The condense and coherent presentation of this book provides with a valuable guide of excellent quality on image processing techniques.





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