The Image Processing Handbook

This book delivers an accessible and up-to-date treatment of image processing, offering broad coverage and comparison of algorithms, approaches, and outcomes. The seventh edition features a greater range of computationally intensive algorithms. It provides better organization, more quantitative results, and new material on recent developments. It includes revamped chapters on 3D imaging and statistical analysis, as well as 1700+ references to theory, methods, and applications in a variety of disciplines. It also presents 500+ new figures and images, with more than two-thirds appearing in color.

John C. Russ has used image processing and analysis as a principal tool for understanding and characterizing the structure and function of materials throughout his more than 50-year career as a scientist and educator. Much of Russ' research work has been concerned with the microstructure and surface topography of metals and ceramics. He has received funding for his research from government agencies and from industry. Teaching the principles and methods involved to several thousand students-in addition to consulting for many industrial clients-has further broadened Dr. Russ' experience and the scope of applications for image processing and analysis. He continues to write and consult for a variety of companies (and to provide expert testimony in criminal and civil cases). He also still teaches image processing and analysis workshops worldwide and reviews publications and funding proposals. F. Brent Neal is a scientist and industrial researcher with Milliken Research Corporation, where he currently leads the central materials characterization and analytical chemistry facility. In this role, he leads efforts in technology and product development through deep understanding of materials performance. He has three patents issued or pending based on his work in polymer-matrix composites. Prior to his tenure at Milliken Research Corporation, he consulted and developed bespoke software for quantitative image analysis. He received his Ph.D in solid-state physics from Louisiana State University in 2002. Over the course of his career, he has measured and analyzed images from many different fields and his experience in materials characterization and measurement has been applied everywhere from the lab bench to manufacturing plants.

Introduction. Acquiring Images. Printing and Storage. Human Vision. Correcting Imaging Defects. Image Enhancement in the Spatial Domain. Processing Images in Frequency Space. Segmentation and Thresholding. Processing Binary Images. Image Measurements. Feature Measurements. Characterizing Shape. Correlation, Classification, Identification, and Matching. 3D Imaging. 3D Processing and Measurement. Imaging Surfaces. References.