Image Processing Introduction 4th Stage CS
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What does a digital image represent?

  • A continuous set of values
  • An analog image as pixels
  • A two-dimensional image as a finite set of digital values (correct)
  • Only colors without grayscale

    • Which of the following best describes pixel values?

  • They only represent color information
  • They are constant for all digital images
  • They do not change during digitization
  • They typically represent gray levels or colors (correct)

    • What is an example of a low-level process in digital image processing?

  • Object recognition
  • Scene understanding
  • Image segmentation
  • Image sharpening (correct)

    • Which format is NOT commonly associated with digital images?

    <p>2 samples per point (Cyan, Magenta)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one of the first applications of digital images?

    <p>Newspaper industry for picture transmission</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the output of a mid-level process in image processing?

    <p>Image attributes such as shapes and patterns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What development significantly reduced the time needed to transmit pictures across the Atlantic?

    <p>The Bartlane cable picture transmission system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of high-level processes in digital image processing?

    <p>Examples include noise removal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What significant event in the 1960s contributed to advancements in digital image processing?

    <p>The onset of the space race</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which technique was notably used to improve the quality of images captured by the Ranger 7 probe?

    <p>Digital filtering techniques</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who were the scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1979 for their work related to digital image processing?

    <p>Sir Godfrey N. Hounsfield and Prof. Allan M. Cormack</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has been one of the most common uses of digital image processing techniques?

    <p>Image enhancement and restoration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The launch of which instrument in 1990 highlighted the need for advanced image processing techniques due to initial flaws?

    <p>Hubble Telescope</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which area did digital image processing begin to be applied in the 1970s?

    <p>Medical applications</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which application of digital image processing is utilized in law enforcement?

    <p>Image forensics and analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What broad impact has digital image processing had since the 1980s?

    <p>An explosion in the variety of applications</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary benefit of using telemedicine?

    <p>It enables real-time consultations between specialists across different locations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What advantage do tiny cameras in pills provide compared to traditional endoscopes?

    <p>They can capture images in high-quality colour without sedation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a use of digital image processing in law enforcement?

    <p>Creating virtual reality simulations of crime scenes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the main applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)?

    <p>To manipulate satellite imagery.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the primary functions of edge detection in MRI imaging?

    <p>To identify different types of tissue boundaries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is meant by 'visible light' in the context of the electromagnetic spectrum?

    <p>It consists of wavelengths ranging from 400 nm to 700 nm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of human-computer interfaces (HCI), which technology relates to gesture recognition?

    <p>Tracking devices that capture user movements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What technique is commonly employed to enhance images captured by CCTV cameras?

    <p>Motion blur reduction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when white light passes through a prism?

    <p>It analyzes into the colors of the rainbow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following colors are considered the primary colors in the additive color model?

    <p>Red, Green, Blue</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the RGB color model, how can any color be expressed mathematically?

    <p>a<em>R + b</em>G + c*B where 0 ≤ a, b, c ≤ 1.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement accurately describes the reflectance of objects in relation to black and white colors?

    <p>Objects that reflect balanced light in all visible wavelengths appear white.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which characteristic is true about color models other than RGB?

    <p>They can transform images using mathematical linear formulae.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What defines an image in digital image processing?

    <p>A 2D function with spatial coordinates x and y</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of sampling in the digitisation process?

    <p>To discretize the continuous function into finite sets of values</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of digital images, what does quantisation refer to?

    <p>Digitizing the amplitude values of an image</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What affects the quality of a digitised image?

    <p>Both the spatial and grey-level resolutions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is meant by image spatial resolution?

    <p>The number of pixels relative to a given image area</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If 'g' represents the number of gray levels in an image, how is it expressed?

    <p>As $g=2^k$ for some integer k</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a monochrome digital image, which of the following describes the function f(x,y)?

    <p>A 2D light intensity function subject to spatial sampling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best defines a digital image?

    <p>A discretized 2D function with finite and discrete amplitude values</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Image Processing Introduction

    • Image processing involves imaging systems, applications, representations, and tools.
    • The lecturer is Dr. Taban Fouad Majeed.
    • The course is 4th Stage CS, 2024-2025.

    What is a Digital Image?

    • A digital image is a representation of a two-dimensional image as a finite set of digital values.
    • These values are called picture elements or pixels.
    • Pixel values typically represent gray levels or colors.
    • Digitization means a digital image approximates a real scene.
    • Common image formats include: one sample per point (black and white or grayscale), three samples per point (red, green, and blue), and four samples per point (red, green, blue, and "alpha").

    What is DIP?

    • The processes of image processing to computer vision can be categorized into low, mid, and high level.
    • Low-level processes involve input images and output images. Examples include noise removal and image sharpening.
    • Mid-level processes involve an input image and output its attributes. Examples include object recognition and segmentation.
    • High-level processes involve input attributes and output understanding. Examples include scene understanding.

    History of Digital Image Processing

    • Early applications were in the newspaper industry, using submarine cables to transmit pictures between London and New York.
    • The Bartlane cable picture transmission system (early 1920s) significantly reduced the time taken to transport a picture across the Atlantic, from more than a week to less than three hours. This involved specialized printing equipment for encoding and reconstruction at the receiving end..
    • 1960s: Improvements in computing technology and the space race spurred work in digital image processing.
    • 1964: Computers were used to enhance the quality of moon images captured by the Ranger 7 probe.
    • 1970s: Digital image processing found use in medical applications.
    • 1979: Sir Godfrey Hounsfield and Allan Cormack won the Nobel Prize for inventing computerized axial tomography (CAT) scans
    • 1980s to Today: The use of digital image processing techniques expanded, encompassing tasks like image enhancement/restoration, artistic effects, medical visualization, industrial inspection, law enforcement, and human-computer interfaces.

    Examples of Image Processing Applications

    • Image Enhancement/Restoration: Improving image quality and removing noise.
    • The Hubble Telescope: Image processing techniques were crucial to correct images distorted by an imperfect mirror.
    • Medicine: Processing MRI scans to highlight tissue boundaries and analyze tissue density.
    • Telemedicine: Using technology to transmit medical data, enable remote consultations, and perform remote procedures such as telesurgery, as well as using tiny cameras for internal diagnoses like inspecting for swallowed pill-based cancers.
    • Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Processing satellite imagery.
    • Law Enforcement: Using image processing to identify number plates, fingerprints, and enhance CCTV footage.
    • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI): Improving human-computer interfaces via face recognition and gesture recognition

    The Visible Light

    • Visible Light (VL) is a narrow portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    • VL wavelengths range from 400 to 700 nanometers (nm).
    • White light, when passed through a prism, separates into the colours of the rainbow. Colors blend rather than abruptly changing.

    Colours of Visible Light

    • White light (from the sun) is analysed into colours of the rainbow when passed through a prism.
    • Colours don't end abruptly; they blend into one another.
    • Objects that reflect no light appear black, while objects reflecting all visible wavelengths (400-700nm) appear white.
    • Objects favouring reflectance in a limited wavelength range exhibit colour.

    Additivity of Light Colour

    • Light reflected off an object, detected by sensors, is a combination of various wavelengths.
    • Red, green, and blue are primary colours.
    • Other colours are combinations of R, G, and B.
    • The RGB colour space is three-dimensional. It allows expressing any colour as a linear combination of R, G, and B values.

    Colour Space and Transforms

    • Images can be presented in single or multiple colours.
    • Non-RGB colour models are useful in specific applications.
    • Mathematical formulae transform images between colour spaces.

    Key Stages in Digital Image Processing

    • A flowchart showing the key stages of digital image processing, including image acquisition, enhancement, restoration, morphological processing, colour image processing, compression, segmentation, object recognition, and representation/description.

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