Introduction to image processing
Dr Michael Morgan
4 points * Two 1-hour lectures and one 2-hour laboratory class per week plus six 1-hour tutorials * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CSC1021 and/or PHS2311 and PHS1011 are highly recommended * Prohibition: CSC3140
Point operations: the gray scale histogram (GSH), thresholding, contrast operations, GSH equalisation, LUTs, pseudo-colouring. One-dimensional and two-dimensional spatial operations: discrete convolutions and spatial filtering. One-dimensional and two-dimensional Fourier transforms: the DFT and FFT. The discrete cosine transform. Introduction to other transforms. Image segmentation, feature extraction and pattern recognition. Texture analysis: Laws masks and texture segmentation, statistical models of texture analysis, co-occurrence matrices. Exact and approximate data coding and compression techniques.
Assessment
Examination (2 hours ): 50% * Laboratory work: 50%
Prescribed text
Gonzales R C and Woods R E Digital image processing 3rd edn, Addison-Wesley, 1987