Digital Image Analysis

This book presents a broad-ranging edited survey of computational and analytical methods and tools for digital image analysis and interpretation. The book brings together the recent results and methods in a uniform manner, thereby making the information accessible to nonspecialists and specialists alike. §Topics and features:§Diverse topics are treated in an integrative style, using a common notation §With theory and applications covered in a single volume, the reader sees immediately that the proposed methods also work in practice §Overview of some key research in digital image processing and pattern recognition methods and tools §Up-to-date coverage of current topics: information fusion, stochastic shape theory, graph-based image analysis and hierarchical systems §The book offers a uniquely comprehensive technical survey that not only provides in-depth coverage of the fundamental topics in the field, but also incorporates the newest developments that have arisen. It serves as an excellent and current resource for researchers, practitioners and professionals in computer science and electrical engineering focusing on methodology for digital imaging and analysis.The challenge behind the processing of digital images is the huge amounts of data that has to be processed in an extremely short period of time. This book is a broad-ranging technical survey of computational and analytical methods and tools for digital image analysis and interpretation. The ultimate goal is to create a rich set of computational methods for image analysis and interpretation that can achieve rapid response times. This book will serve as an excellent up-to-date resource for computer scientists and engineers in digital imaging and analysis.