image processing Last modified: Friday, August 31, 2007
Analyzing and manipulating images with a computer. Image processing generally involves three steps: 1. Import an image with an optical scanner or directly through digital photography. 2. Manipulate or analyze the image in some way. This stage can include image enhancement and data compression, or the image may be analyzed to find patterns that aren't visible by the human eye. For example, meteorologists use image processing to analyze satellite photographs. 3. Output the result. The result might be the image altered in some way or it might be a report based on analysis of the image.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about image processing . Also check out the following links! Center for Image Processing Research (CIPR) Provides information on CIPR's research projects, recent publications, affiliations, and a sample image library. Digital Output Home Page Online version of Digital Output magazine, a national business publication for electronic publishers and digital imagers. Face On Mars Demonstrates how the famous "Face On Mars" picture was revealed through image processing techniques. This page provides both the raw Viking images, transformed to GIF format, and a brief tutorial (with examples) of image processing techniques applied to create "better looking" images. Mathematic experiences through image processing (METIP) Offers information about a research project that applys digital image processing as a means of teaching mathematical concepts. Included in the site are links to white papers, downloadable digital image processing applications, related documentation, and related projects. NIH Image home page Describes NIH Image, a public domain image processing and analysis program. The site offers information about the program and includes FAQs, an online manual, related documentation, and links to Web sites related to image processing. tutorial Provides individuals with hands on experience in the techniques of image processing and convolving a digital image. Yahoo!'s signal and image processing institutes page Yahoo!'s directory of signal and image processing institutes.	Graphics 3D graphics digital camera digital photography EXIF graphics image editor image enhancement imagemap photo scanner Give Us Your Feedback Shopping image processing Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Software 79 Store Offers Books 247 Model Matches