Digital Image Processing

The book provides a mix of theoretical and practical perceptions of the related concepts pertaining to image processing. The primary objectives are to offer an overview to the elementary concepts and practices appropriate to digital image processing as well as to provide theoretical exposition. It starts with an expanded coverage of the fundamentals to provide a more comprehensive and cohesive coverage of the topics including but not limited to:

• Applications and tools for image processing, and fundamentals with several implementation examples
• Concepts of image formation
• OpenCV installation with step-by-step screen shots
• Concepts behind intensity, brightness and contrast, color models
• Ways by which noises are created in an image and the possible remedial measures
• Edge detection, image segmentation, classification, regression, classification algorithms
• Importance of frequency domain in image processing field
• Relevant code snippets and the MATLAB(R) codes, and several interesting sets of simple programs in OpenCV and Python to aid learning and for complete understanding
  

The video lectures for specific topics through YouTube enable easy inference for the readers to apply the learnt theory into practice. The addition of contents at the end of each chapter such as quizzes and review questions fully prepare the readers for further study.

Graduate students, post graduate students, researchers, and anyone in general interested in image processing, computer vision, machine learning domains etc. can find this book an excellent starting point for information and an able ally.

這本書提供了有關影像處理相關概念的理論和實踐觀點的混合。其主要目標是提供對數位影像處理相關基本概念和實踐的概述，並提供理論性的闡述。它從基礎知識的廣泛涵蓋開始，以提供更全面和連貫的主題涵蓋，包括但不限於：

- 影像處理的應用和工具，以及多個實現示例的基礎知識
- 影像形成的概念
- 逐步屏幕截圖的OpenCV安裝
- 強度、亮度和對比度、色彩模型背後的概念
- 影像中產生噪點的方式以及可能的修復措施
- 邊緣檢測、影像分割、分類、回歸、分類算法
- 頻率域在影像處理領域中的重要性
- 相關的程式碼片段和MATLAB(R)代碼，以及幾組有趣的簡單OpenCV和Python程式，以幫助學習和完全理解

透過YouTube提供的特定主題的視頻講座，讀者可以輕鬆將所學理論應用於實踐中。每章結尾的內容補充，如測驗和複習問題，完全為讀者做好進一步學習的準備。

研究生、博士生、研究人員以及對影像處理、計算機視覺、機器學習等感興趣的人，都可以將這本書視為信息的絕佳起點和有力的助手。

A Baskar is a seasoned academician with close to two decades of experience in teaching and research. He is currently associated with Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed to be University) at Coimbatore, India. He is an expert in the areas of image, video processing, Internet of Things, and Computer Vision. Baskar has guided over 15 master's projects and many under graduate projects. Baskar also has many international publications with refereed journals. He has presented papers in international and national conferences. He is also associated with board of studies in many colleges of high repute. He has also won awards from the likes of Infosys, Accenture for his teaching and research skills.

Muthaiah Rajappa is a Professor & Associate Dean, IT & ICT in the School of Computing, SASTRA (Deemed to be University), Thanjavur, India. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from Annamalai University in the year 1989.He completed his Master's degree in Power Electronics from Shanmuga College of Engineering in the year 1997. He was awarded Ph.D. in the area of Image Compression by SASTRA (Deemed to be University) in the year 2008. Dr. Muthaiah has published more than 100 research articles in many reputed journals. He also has contributed through paper publications, review and chairing sessions in many conferences. He has completed multiple funded projects from organizations of high repute and national importance.

Shriram K Vasudevan

obtained his B.E. degree in Electronics and Instrumentation from Annamalai University in 2004, M.Tech in Embedded Systems from SASTRA University in 2007, and Ph.D (Embedded Systems) from PRIST University in 2015. He also got his M.B.A degree awarded in HRM and Marketing from Periyar Maniammai University in the year 2008. He is a has a blend of industrial and teaching experience over the course of 15 years. He is strongly passionate to take up challenging tasks. He has authored/co-authored 43 books for reputed publishers across the globe. He has authored 132 research papers in revered international journals and 30 papers in international/national conferences. He is currently associated with Intel, India. Earlier, he was associated with Wipro Technologies, VIT University, Aricent Technologies, Amrita University, and L&T Technology Services. He holds the Corporate Fellow Membership in IETE and a - IETE, ACM Distinguished Speaker, CSI Distinguished Speaker, NASSCOM Prime Ambassador, NVIDIA DLI, and Intel Software Innovator. He has a YouTube channel, Shriram Vasudevan, through which he teaches thousands of people all around the world. He is recognized/honoured for his technical expertise by Factana, Accumulate, Telecommunications, and the Digital Government Regulatory Authority (United Arab Emirates), ZyBooks (Wiley Brand), AOTMP, Adani Digital, NASSCOM Foundation, World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), De-Nora, IIT Kharagpur E Cell, Huawei, NVIDIA, Cubestop, IETE, Datastax, Honda, Wiley, AGBI, ACM, Uletkz, The Hindu (Tamil), Exact Sciences Corp, Proctor and Gamble Innovation Centre (India), Dinamalar, AWS (Amazon Web Services), Sabre Technologies, IEEE Compute, Syndicate Bank, MHRD, Elsevier, Bounce, IncubateInd, Smart India Hackathon, Stop the Bleed, HackHarvard (Harvard University), Accenture Digital (India), NEC (Nippon Electric Company, Japan), Thought Factory (Axis Bank Innovation Lab), Rakuten (Japan), Titan, Future Group, Institution of Engineers of India (IEI), Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI - Govt. of India), Intel, Microsoft, Wipro, Infosys, IBM India, SoS Ventures (USA), VIT University, Amrita University, Computer Society of India, TBI - TIDE, ICTACT, Times of India, Nehru Group of Institutions, Texas Instruments, IBC Cambridge, Cisco, CII (Confederation of Indian Industries), Indian Air Force, DPSRU Innovation & Incubation Foundation, ELGi Equipments (Coimbatore), etc. He is a certified scrum master. He is also listed in many famous biographical databases. He has delivered talks at various international conferences and forums of high repute. Shriram has also been granted many patents. He is a hackathon enthusiast and won about 50 hackathons including HackHarvard 2019.

T S Murugesh obtained his B.E. degree in Electronics and Instrumentation in 1999, M.E. degree in Process Control and Instrumentation in 2005 and Ph.D. in Instrumentation Engineering in 2015, all from Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu. He possesses a vast experience of more than 22 years in academia in the field of Analog and Digital Electronics, Automation and Control, IoT, System design, Instrumentation, Image Processing and Computational Bio-engineering. After a tenure of almost 19 years with the Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, belonging to the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University, he is currently posted as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Government College of Engineering Srirangam, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.

He has delivered four talks at International conferences of high repute such as 3rd Edition of International Conference on Materials Science and Engineering (MAT 2022)" organized by Magnus Group LLC, Chicago, IL, USA, as well as in the 5th Virtual Congress on Materials Science and Engineering, "Materials Info 2022"organized by Mind Authors, Inc. Beaverton, Oregon USA. He has delivered invited lectures at National level in various institutions like Sastra University, Annamalai University, Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology, Puducherry, Government College of Engineering Srirangam, Madurai Institute of Engineering and Technology, P.A. College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi etc. He has delivered invited lectures in Faculty Development Programmes organized by the Faculty Training Centre, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore in association with Government College of Engineering Thanjavur, and another one with Government College of Engineering Salem, and also in a national-level webinar conducted on behalf of "Unnat Bharat Abhiyan", a flagship programme of Ministry of Education, Government of India.

To his credit, he has around three-dozen peer-reviewed indexed publications including Springer Nature, Elsevier and Inderscience, has organized a one-week AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy sponsored FDP, conducted few workshops at national level, is a reviewer in IEEE, Inderscience and few other peer-reviewed journals, etc. He has acted as a Primary Evaluator for Government of India's Smart India Hackathon 2022 (Software & Hardware Edition) as well as Toycathon 2021 and also as a Judge in the Grand Finale for the Government of India's "Toycathon 2021", an inter-ministerial initiative organized by Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell with support from AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education). He is a AICTE and NITTTR certified Mentor under National Initiative for Technical Teachers Training. He was appreciated by Huawei for the academic collaboration and was issued Huawei developers certification. He has mentored the team which won the First Prize for the Problem Statement "Employment tracking and traceability system - Organized sector", given by Ministry of Labour Employment, Government of India during the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2022 Software Edition. He is a hackathon enthusiast and his team has won the second Prize in the IFG x TA Hub Hackathon 2022. He is a Conference Committee Member as well as a Publishing Committee Member in the International Association of Applied Science and Technology. He has authored two books for CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (U.K) and authoring a book for Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA. He also holds the professional body membership of Institution of Engineers (India).

A Baskar是一位經驗豐富的學者，擁有近二十年的教學和研究經驗。他目前在印度的Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham（被認定為大學）的Amrita School of Engineering擔任職位。他在影像、視頻處理、物聯網和計算機視覺等領域是一位專家。Baskar指導過15個碩士項目和許多本科項目。他在國際和國內會議上發表過論文。他還與許多聲譽卓著的學院的教學委員會有關聯。他還因其教學和研究技能而獲得了Infosys和Accenture等公司的獎項。

Muthaiah Rajappa是印度Thanjavur的SASTRA（被認定為大學）計算機學院的教授兼副院長。他於1989年從Annamalai大學獲得電子與儀器工程學士學位。他於1997年從Shanmuga工程學院獲得功率電子學碩士學位。他於2008年獲得SASTRA（被認定為大學）頒發的圖像壓縮領域博士學位。Muthaiah博士在許多知名期刊上發表了100多篇研究文章。他還通過論文發表、審查和主持會議等方式做出了貢獻。他還完成了多個來自聲譽卓著和國家重要性組織的資助項目。

Shriram K Vasudevan於2004年從Annamalai大學獲得電子與儀器工程學士學位，於2007年從SASTRA大學獲得嵌入式系統碩士學位，並於2015年從PRIST大學獲得嵌入式系統博士學位。他還於2008年從Periyar Maniammai大學獲得人力資源管理和市場營銷的MBA學位。在過去的15年中，他在工業和教學方面擁有豐富的經驗。他熱衷於接受具有挑戰性的任務。他為全球知名出版商撰寫/合著了43本書籍。他在著名國際期刊上發表了132篇研究論文，並在國際/國內會議上發表了30篇論文。他目前在印度的Intel公司工作。此前，他曾在Wipro Technologies、VIT大學、Aricent Technologies、Amrita大學和L&T Technology Services等機構工作。他是IETE的企業會員，並擔任IETE、ACM、CSI、NASSCOM Prime Ambassador、NVIDIA DLI和Intel Software Innovator等職位。他擁有一個名為Shriram Vasudevan的YouTube頻道，通過該頻道他教授全球數千人。他的技術專業知識受到Factana、Accumulate、Telecommunications和Digital Government Regulatory Authority（阿拉伯聯合酋長國）、ZyBooks（Wiley品牌）、AOTMP、Adani Digital、NASSCOM Foundation、World Summit on the Information Society（WSIS）、De-Nora、IIT Kharagpur E Cell、Huawei、NVIDIA、Cubestop、IETE、Datastax、Honda、Wiley、AGBI、ACM、Uletkz、The Hindu（泰米爾語）、Exact Sciences Corp、Proctor and Gamble Innovation Centre（印度）、Dinamalar、AWS（Amazon Web Services）、Sabre Technologies、IEEE Compute、Syndicate Bank、MHRD、Elsevier、Bounce、IncubateInd、Smart India Hackathon、Stop the Bleed、HackHarvard（哈佛大學）、Accenture Digital（印度）、NEC（日本電氣公司）、Thought Factory（Axis Bank Innovation Lab）、Rakuten（日本）、Titan、Future Group、Institution of Engineers of India（IEI）、Ministry of Food Processing Industries（MoFPI - 印度政府）、Intel、Microsoft、Wipro、Infosys、IBM India、SoS Ventures（美國）、VIT大學、Amrita大學、Computer Society of India、TBI - TIDE、ICTACT、Times of India、Nehru Group of Institutions、Texas Instruments、IBC Cambridge、Cisco、CII（印度工業聯合會）、Indian Air Force、DPSRU Innovation & Incubation Foundation、ELGi Equipme等機構所認可和表彰。