A newly updated and revised edition of the classic introduction to digital image processing The Third Edition of Digital Image Processing provides a complete introduction to the field and includes new information that updates the state of the art. It offers coverage of new topics and includes interactive computer display imaging examples and computer programming exercises that illustrate the theoretical content of the book. These exercises can be implemented using the Programmer??????????????????s Imaging Kernel System (PIKS) application program interface included on the accompanying CD-ROM. Suitable as a text for students or as a reference for practitioners, this new edition provides a comprehensive treatment of these vital topics: Characterization of continuous images Image sampling and quantization techniques Two-dimensional signal processing techniques Image enhancement and restoration techniques Image analysis techniques Software implementation of image processing applications The Third Edition of Digital Image Processing updates the advances made since the last edition and cites a variety of sources to provide thorough coverage of this vital field in a coherent and well-organized style. Table of Contents Preface. Acknowledgments. PART 1: CONTINUOUS IMAGE CHARACTERIZATION. Continuous Image Mathematical Charactetization. Psychophysical Vision Properties. Photometry and Colorimetry. PART 2: DIGITAL IMAGE CHARACTERIZATION. Image Sampling and Reconstruction. Discrete Image Mathematical Representation. Image Quantization. PART 3: DISCRETE TWO-DIMENSIONAL LINEAR PROCESSING. Superposition and Convolution. Unitary Transforms. Linear Processing Techniques. PART 4: IMAGE IMPROVEMENT. Image Enhancement. Image Restoration Models. Point and Spatial Image Restoration Techniques. Geometrical Image Modification. PART 5: IMAGE ANALYSIS. Morphological Image Processing. Edge Detection. Image Feature Extraction. Image Segmentation. Shape Analysis. Image Detection and Registration. PART 6: IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE. PIKS Image Processing Software. PIKS Image Processing Programming Exercises. Appendix 1: Vector-Space Algebra Concepts. Appendix 2: Color Coordinate Conversion. Appendix 3: Image Error Measures. Bibliography. Index. Author Information WILLIAM K. PRATT, PhD, has worked in imaging technology at the University of Southern California, Sun Microsystems, and, more recently, at Photon Dynamics, Inc. He is the author of numerous papers in the fields of communications and signal processing and is the holder of several patents for image coding and image processing systems. He was one of the primary developers of the Programmer??????????????????s Imaging Kernel System (PIKS) utilized in this volume.