The fourth edition of this perennial bestseller reflects the continuing rapid advances and new technologies in image processing. While this edition retains its emphasis on image measurement, new and revamped material highlights recent changes in solid state cameras, compression methods, and printing innovations. It also features new information on image restoration, fuzzy logic in image processing, and biological applications. Virtually every chapter has been updated, many quite extensively, and new images further enhance the presentation. The fourth edition of this standard-setting reference will undoubtedly reign as the premier resource for the field of image processing.

• Extensive discussion of modern digital cameras and printers-their characteristics and influence on image processing
• A new section on image restoration and deblurring, now becoming practical for routine use on desktop computers- provides user-oriented information on how to do it well--including examples and guidelines
• A new chapter on stereology that makes clear its links to automatic image analysis
• A new chapter of feature classification and identification that compares expert systems, fuzzy logic, neural nets, learning methods, and syntactical description--demystifies the subject.

• Reflects the dramatic technological advance of the last few years
• Puts even more emphasis on image measurement along with processing
• Contains new and better images, including many from biological applications
• Includes a new chapter on feature classification and identification, comparison of expert systems, fuzzy logic, learning methods, etc.

Contents

1. Acquiring Images
2. Printing And Storage
3. Correcting Imaging Defects
4. Image Enhancement (Processing in The Spatial Domain)
5. Processing Images in Frequency Space
6. Segmentation And Thresholding
7. Processing Binary Images
8. Global Image Measurements
9. Feature-Specific Measurements
10. Feature Recognition And Classification
11. 3D Image Acquisition
12. 3D Image Visualization
13. Imaging Surfaces