1. Topic 1 - Introduction DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING Course 3624 Department of Physics and Astronomy Professor Bob Warwick

2. Why is DIP relevant? The analysis of data in the form of images is an increasingly important and relevant topic in many areas of science including medicine, remote sensing, astronomy etc.. Image capture, manipulation & transmission is also a key component of many modern technologies. Digital images are now a common feature of modern life eg the internet, telephones, home photography

3. Applications of DIP Telecommunications (Internet, video phones) Broadcasting (digital TV) Surveillance (security systems, law enforcement) Medical Imaging Machine vision (guidance, control, robotics....) Remote Sensing of the Earth Space Exploration Astronomy etc..

4. Why Digital?

5. The Origins of DIP JPL – Planetary Montage

6. Callisto

7. Hubble Deep Field North

8. EUV Colours of The Sun

9. Mount Etna July 2001

10. Terra MIRP

11. Sicilly in Perspective

12. DIP Examples - I

13. DIP Examples - II

14. DIP Examples - III

15. DIP Examples - IV

16. DIP Examples - V

17. DIP Examples - VI

18. Visualising 2-d functions as images DIP Examples - VII

19. DIP Examples - VIII

20. About This Course This course serves as a primer to the techniques of digital image processing (DIP) and their implementation. It looks at the principles and theory on which DIP techniques are based – it is NOT a practical course in the subject. Course slides are available from my web page at: http://www.star.le.ac.uk/~rsw Other resources: Course Handouts, Example Questions etc.. Gonzalez & Woods “DIP” Addison Wesley 621.38GON Niblack “An Introduction to DIP” Prentice Hall 621.36NIB Course: Opt 372 Fourier Transforms