Image processing

Image processing

The manipulation of images by computer. Most image-processing techniques involve treating the image as a two-dimensional signal and applying standard signal-processing techniques to it.

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Noise

Software; Image processing

Irrelevant data that hamper recognition and interpretation of data of interest.

Misdetection

Software; Image processing

In pattern recognition, the failure to detect the existence of a pattern.

Edge detection

Software; Image processing

An image segmentation technique in which edge pixels are identified by examining their neighborhoods. See also: edge linking.

An image processing technique in which two images of the same scene are transformed so that the size, shape, position, and orientation of all objects in one image are the same as those in the other ...

Region growing

Software; Image processing

An image segmentation technique in which regions are formed by repeatedly taking the union of subregions that are similar in grey levels or textures.

Tracking

Software; Image processing

An image segmentation technique in which arcs are detected by searching.

Digital image

Software; Image processing

An image t h a t has been converted into an array of pixels, each of which has an associated value called its grey level. Note: A digital image may be referred to as an image when the intended ...