Practical Image and Video Processing Using MATLAB

Up-to-date, technically accurate coverage of essential topics inimage and video processing This is the first book to combine image and video processingwith a practical MATLAB®-oriented approach in order todemonstrate the most important image and video techniques andalgorithms. Utilizing minimal math, the contents are presented in aclear, objective manner, emphasizing and encouragingexperimentation. The book has been organized into two parts. Part I: ImageProcessing begins with an overview of the field, then introducesthe fundamental concepts, notation, and terminology associated withimage representation and basic image processing operations. Next,it discusses MATLAB® and its Image Processing Toolbox with thestart of a series of chapters with hands-on activities andstep-by-step tutorials. These chapters cover image acquisition anddigitization; arithmetic, logic, and geometric operations;point-based, histogram-based, and neighborhood-based imageenhancement techniques; the Fourier Transform and relevantfrequency-domain image filtering techniques; image restoration;mathematical morphology; edge detection techniques; imagesegmentation; image compression and coding; and feature extractionand representation. Part II: Video Processing presents the main concepts andterminology associated with analog video signals and systems, aswell as digital video formats and standards. It then describes thetechnically involved problem of standards conversion, discussesmotion estimation and compensation techniques, shows how videosequences can be filtered, and concludes with an example of asolution to object detection and tracking in video sequences usingMATLAB®. Extra features of this book include: * More than 30 MATLAB® tutorials, which consist ofstep-by-step guides to exploring image and video processingtechniques using MATLAB® * Chapters supported by figures, examples, illustrative problems,and exercises * Useful websites and an extensive list of bibliographicalreferences This accessible text is ideal for upper-level undergraduate andgraduate students in digital image and video processing courses, aswell as for engineers, researchers, software developers,practitioners, and anyone who wishes to learn about theseincreasingly popular topics on their own. Supplemental resources for readers and instructors can be foundat http://www.ogemarques.com