Part One 1 IMAGES AND DIGITAL PROCESSING 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The Elements of Digital Image Processing 1.3 Philosophical Considerations 1.4 Digital Image Processing in Practice Problems References 2 DIGITIZING IMAGES 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Characteristics of an Image Digitizer 2.3 Types of Image Digitizers 2.4 Image-Digitizing Components 2.5 Electronic Image Tube Cameras 2.6 Solid-State Cameras 2.7 Film Scanning 2.8 Summary of Important Points Problems Projects References 3 DIGITAL IMAGE DISPLAY 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Display Characteristics 3.3 Volatile Displays 3.4 Permanent Displays 3.5 Summary of Important Points Problems Projects References 4 IMAGE-PROCESSING SOFTWARE 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Image-Processing Systems 4.3 The User Interface 4.4 The Software Development Process 4.5 Summary of Important Points Problems Projects References 5 THE GRAY-LEVEL HISTOGRAM 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Uses of the Histogram 5.3 Relationship Between Histogram and Image 5.4 Summary of Important Points Problems Projects References 6 POINT OPERATIONS 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Point Operations and the Histogram 6.3 Applications of Point Operations 6.4 Summary of Important Points Problems Projects 7 ALGEBRAIC OPERATIONS 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Algebraic Operations and the Histogram 8 GEOMETRIC OPERATIONS …… Part Two 9 LINEAR SYSTEM THEORY 10 THE FOURIER TRANSFORM 11 FILTER DESIGN 12 PROCESSING SAMPLED DATA 13 DISCRETE IMAGE TRANSFORMS 14 WAVELET TRANSFORMS 15 OPTICS AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS Part Three 16 IMAGE RESTORATION 17 IMAGE COMPRESSION 18 PATTERN RECOGNITION: IMAGE SEGMENTATION 19 PATTERN RECOGNITION: OBJECT MEASUREMENT 20 PATTERN RECOGNITION: CLASSIFICATION AND ESTIMATION 21 COLOR AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE PROCESSING 22 THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING A1 GLOSSARY OF IMAGE PROCESSING TERMS A2 BIBLIOGRAPHY A3 MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND INDEX