Home Definitions Image Processing Webopedia Staff Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp 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. Related Links NIH Image home page Center for Image Processing Research (CIPR) tutorial Related Terms image forms processing Central Processing Unit (CPU) Definition & Meaning Business Process Automation Definition & Meaning DSP Meaning & Definition Pixel Definition & Meaning process colors word processing (word processor) image enhancement Font Definition & Meaning Next articleBSI – National Standards Body of the UK Webopedia Staff Top Articles Huge List Of Texting and Online Chat Abbreviations Reference Vangie Beal - January 4, 2010 1 From A3 to ZZZ we list 1,559 text message and online chat abbreviations to help you translate and understand today's texting lingo. Includes Top... Read more How To Create A Desktop Shortcut To A Website Reference Vangie Beal - April 23, 2014 0 This Webopedia guide will show you how to create a desktop shortcut to a website using Firefox, Chrome or Internet Explorer (IE). Creating a desktop... Read more The History Of Windows Operating Systems Insights Vangie Beal - January 16, 2012 0 Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems. We look at the history of Microsoft's Windows operating systems (Windows OS) from 1985 to present... Read more Hotmail [Outlook] Email Accounts Definitions Kaiti Norton - January 4, 2010 2 By Vangie Beal Hotmail is one of the first public webmail services that can be accessed from any web browser. Prior to Hotmail and its... Read more Related Articles Definitions Relational Database Definition &... A relational database stores and connects data in tables and columns, emphasizing the... Jenna Phipps - January 19, 2021 0 Read more Definitions Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL)... What is COBOL? COBOL stands for Common Business-Oriented Language. It is a 60-year-old programming... Kyle Guercio - January 14, 2021 0 Read more Definitions Shared Hosting Definition &... Shared hosting is a web hosting model in which multiple sites occupy the... Kaiti Norton - January 13, 2021 0 Read more