Course overview
This course is an introduction to image processing and image analysis techniques and concepts. Areas examined include: Imaging sensors and their principles; Image representation and storage, coding and compression techniques, lossy versus lossless; Techniques for noise reduction. Image enhancement including contrast manipulation, histogram equalization, edge highlighting; Filtering and transform techniques for image processing including two dimensional Fourier transforms, wavelets and convolution; Spatial transformations and image registration. Segmentation and thresholding techniques; Applications of morphology to image processing including erosion, dilation and hit-or-miss operations for binary and grey scale images; Image feature estimation such as edges, lines, corners, texture and simple shape measures. Object classification, template matching techniques and basic image based tracking will also be examined.
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a knowledge of a broad range of fundamental image processing and image analysis techniques and concepts (linear and non-linear filtering, denoising, deblurring, edge detection, line finding, detection, morphological operators, compression, shape metrics and feature based recogniton)
- Identify, Demonstrate and apply their knowledge by analysing image processing problems and recognising and employing (or proposing) effective solutions
- Design and create practical solutions to a range of common image processing problems and to critically assess the results of their solutions, including shortcomings
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