... Cartesian coordinate space of an M x N digital image
2 CH 1 REPRESENTATION
Fundamentalsof Digital
Image Processing
APractical Approach
withExamplesin Matlab
Chris Solomon
School of Physical Sciences, ... data.
.
Convolution operator ÃA mathematical operation which ‘smears’ (i.e. convolves) one
function with another.
Fundamentals ofDigitalImageProcessingAPracticalApproachwithExamplesin Matlab
Chris ... image
imshow (A) ; %First display image using imshow
imagesc (A) ; %Next display image using imagesc
axis image; %Correct aspect ratio of displayed image
axis off; %Turn off the axis labelling
colormap(gray);...
... such as
1000
points, often called bins. The value
of
each bin
represents the total number of samples in the signal that have a value within
a
certain range.
For example, imagine a floating ... representation. Many individual images can also be combined into a
single database, allowing the information to be displayed in unique ways-for
example, a video sequence simulating an aerial flight ...
example of this than digital signal processing.
In
the early
1980s,
DSP
was taught as a graduate-level course
in
electrical engineering.
A
decade later,
DSP
had become a standard part...
... ImageJ
job a lot easier and, in particular, allows us to focus on the more interesting
aspects ofdigital imaging.
2.1 Image Manipulation and Processing
Traditionally, software for digital imaging has ... of some common image types are summarized
below (also see Table 1.1).
Grayscale images (intensity images)
The image data ina grayscale image consist ofa single channel that represents
the intensity, ... digital camera, or scanner, has resulted ina plethora ofdigital images
and, consequently, for many, digitalimageprocessing has become as common
as word processing. Powerful hardware and software...
... for a very
long time, they still play a major role in many practicalimage processing
applications today because of their simplicity and efficiency. To obtain a binary
image, the first and perhaps ... localize and identify unique key points
in sets of images ina scale and rotation-invariant fashion. It has become an
almost universal tool in the imageprocessing community and is the original
source ... Fourier transform-based
solutions that indeed a ord invariant and unambiguous shape matching.
Chapter 7 gives an in- depth presentation of David Lowe’s Scale-Invariant
Local Feature Transform (SIFT),...
... same at any scale.
This ratio can thus be used as a feature that is invariant under translation,
rotation, and scaling. When applied to a circular region of any diameter, this
ratio has a value ... contour tracing and region labeling (Part 1). Given a binary
image I,themethodCombinedContourLabeling() returns a set of contours and an array
containing region labels for all pixels in the image. ... graphics overlay. In this way graphic structures that are
smaller and thinner than image pixels can be visualized on top of ImageJ’s
raster images at arbitrary magnification (zooming).
2.2.4 Example
This...
... important parameters in determining indication,
regimen, and duration of HBV treatment. Although interferon alfa-2b,
lamivudine, and adefovir are all approved as initial HBV treatment,
understanding ... quantitation and three approved drugs for HBV
treatment, and presents an updated and practical clinical approach to
managing CHB. Highly sensitive PCR-based quantitation of HBV DNA
makes it ... newborns. In addition, another study indicated that it appears safe to continue LAM treatment in patients who
became pregnant while receiving LAM treatment [32]. The safety of ADV in pregnant patients...
... Matsubara H, Murohara T, Ikeda U, Shintani S,
Masaki H, Amano K, Kishimoto Y, Yoshimoto K, Akashi H, Shimada
K, Iwasaka T, Imaizumi T: Therapeutic angiogenesis for patients
with limb ischaemia ... potential of bone marrow cells has been tested
into hind limb ischemia animal models [12] and several
clinical studies are ongoing to evaluate the efficiency of
the intra-arterial administration of ... the
" ;in vivo" effect of the cells and this must be addressed
both ina suitable animal model and during a controlled
clinical trial of acute myocardial infarction.
Basic and clinical scientists,...
... professional translator (affiliated witha com-
mercial translating service in Canada) performed a single
backward translation into the original language, for each
of the three target languages excluding ... B, Wagner A, Aaronson N, Bech P, et al.: Trans-
lating health status questionnaires and evaluating their
quality: the IQOLA Project approach. International Quality
of Life Assessment. J Clin Epidemiol ... (e.g. more
appropriate vocabulary). After at least three debriefings
Total number of formal
translations
At least 2 forward and 2
back translations.
At least 2 forward
translations and a
consensus...
... B, Wagner A, Aaronson N, Bech P, et al.: Trans-
lating health status questionnaires and evaluating their
quality: the IQOLA Project approach. International Quality
of Life Assessment. J Clin Epidemiol ...
Discrepancies discussed
with local PI.
Translators should not
have a clinical background.
Single back translation.
Must have as many back
translations as forward
translations.
Must have as many ... translations.
Not part of the process.
Back translation(final
language into source
language)
≥ 2 Professional, naïve
translators NSE.
#
2 Professional translators
NSE.
2 Professional, naïve
translators...
... Jodu images after optimization using our approach.
In both cases, it can be clearly seen that the two images have
been shading very similar to that displayed in Figures 9 (a)
and 9(b), indicating ... France
3
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar 382007, Gujarat, India
Correspondence should be addressed to Swati Sharma, swati.sharma@linc.u-strasbg.fr
Received ... obtained using (b) LS approach on blurred images and (c) proposed approach.
7(b) show the restored vase images after optimization with
graph cuts. The two images have similar shading as given
in...
... efficacy of the image
processing by comparison of initial and residual variability in
our data.
4.1. Stripe straightening and registration
With transformations (1)and(2), we aim at as good a match
as ... [10].
Stripe
straightening
Registration
Stretching
Figure 4: Steps for processing large sets of images to obtain an inte-
grated dataset of segmentation pattern dynamics (a pair of images
used in this example). Stripe straightening minimizes ... w and h are initial spa-
tial coordinates, and w
0
, h
0
, A, B, C,andD are parameters.
The y-coordinate remains the same while the x-coordinate is
transformed as a function of both coordinates...
... (Dry) Waste Gases
Natural Gas LPG
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TABLE A. 3 (CONTINUED)
Chemical, Physical, and Thermal Properties of Gases: Gases and Vapors,
Including Fuels and Refrigerants, English and ... Modeling of Combustion Systems: APractical Approach
TABLE A. 3 (CONTINUED)
Chemical, Physical, and Thermal Properties of Gases: Gases and Vapors,
Including Fuels and Refrigerants, English and Metric...
... LLC
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TABLE B.1 Areas and Circumferences of Circles and Drill Sizes
Drill Size Diameter (in. ) Circumference (in. ) Area (in. ) Area (ft)
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Appendix B
Mechanical Properties
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TABLE B.3
K Factors
Contractions
1. ... 92
TABLE B.1 (continued) Areas and Circumferences of Circles and Drill Sizes
Drill Size Diameter (in. ) Circumference (in. ) Area (in. ) Area (ft)
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Mechanical...
... Systems: APractical Approach
TABLE D.3
Properties of Saturated Steam and Saturated Water
Absolute
Pressure
Vacuum
Inches
of Hg
Temper-
ature
t
Degrees F
Heat of the
Liquid
Btu/lb.
Latent
Heat of ... Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
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TABLE D. 2A (continued)
Standard Atomic Weights 1981 (alphabetical by element name)
(Scaled to the relative ... The atomic weights of many elements are not invariant but depend on
the origin and treatment of the material. The footnotes of this table
elaborate the types of variation to be expected for individual...