2. Digital Image Processing Concepts Flashcards
the processing of images using a computer
Digital Image Processing
Steps of Digital Image Processing
- Converted into digital data
2. A digital image
utilize digital image processing as their central feature of their operations
CR / Flat-panel DR / Digital Mammography / Fluoroscopy
incorporate digital image processing as an essential tool to manipulate and enhance digital images
CT / MRI / Ultrasonography / Nuclear Medicine
image processing expert, retired NASA engineer
Castleman, Kenneth R. (1994)
uses set theory to classify images based on their form and the method used to produce them
Castleman, Kenneth R.
According to him, “Images as a subset of all objects, and that image set contains subset within it, such as visible and invisible images, optical and mathematical images”
Castleman, Kenneth R.
photographs, drawings, paintings
Visible Images
temperature, pressure, elevation maps
Invisible Images
holograms
Optical Images
continuous and discrete functions
Mathematical Images
important in the world of digital imaging
Mathematical Images
is a continuous function that can be converted into a discrete function, both of which will generate two categories of images, namely, analog and digital images
classical sine wave
is continuous wave form that changes smoothly over time
analog signal
is discrete and can only have a limited number of defined values, often as simple as 1 and 0
digital signal
to generate an image that is more pleasing to the observer
Image Enhancement
Image Enhancement includes:
- Contrast enhancement
- Edge enhancement
- Spatial and Frequency filtering
- Image combining
- Noise reduction
to improve the quality of images that have distortion or degradations
Image Restoration
blurred images can be filtered to make them sharper
Image Restoration
measurements and statistics, as well as segmentation, feature extraction, and classification of objects
Image Analysis
are used in 3D medical imaging
Segmentation operations
the goal of ______ is to simplify and/or change the representation of an image into something that is more meaningful and easier to analyze
segmentation
to reduce the size of the image in order to decrease transmission time and reduce storage space
Image Compression
Types of Image Compression
- Lossy or irreversible
2. Lossless or reversible
there is some loss of image details when the image is decompressed
Lossy or irreversible
there is no loss of any information in the image (detail is not compromised) when the image is decompressed
Lossless or reversible
More recent form of compression
wavelet compression (special waveforms) / Haar compression
Wavelet (special waveforms) compression
Main advantage:
There is no loss in either spatial and frequency information
offers an approach that allows one to reduce the size of the data while at the same time improving its quality through the removal of high-frequency noise components
Wavelet compression
these processing operations “create images from other or non-image data”
Image Synthesis
these operations are used when a desired image is either physically impossible or impractical to acquire, or does not exist in a physical form at all
Image Synthesis
Examples of Image Synthesis
- Image reconstruction techniques
- 3D visualization techniques which are based on computer graphics technology
numerical image
Matrix
a digital image is made up of a 2D array of numbers
Matrix
consists of columns (M) and rows (N) that define small square regions
Matrix
small square regions
Picture elements or Pixels
dimension of the image can be described by M, N and the size of the image is given by the relationship:
M x N x k bits (row x column)
Matrix size =
Field of view (FOV)
M=N
the image is square
Increasing FOV will result to:
- Increase Image processing time
- Increase Storage space
- Increase Transmission time
Picture element
Pixels
each pixel contains a number (discrete value) that represents a ______ level, which reflects the tissue characteristic being imaged
brightness
MRI Image matrix (in pixels)
256 x 256
CT Scan Image matrix (in pixels)
512 x 512
Ultrasound Image matrix (in pixels)
512 x 512
Color Doppler Image matrix (in pixels)
768 x 576
Digital radiography Image matrix (in pixels)
Up to 3000 x 3000
Digital mammography Image matrix (in pixels)
Up to 3328 x 4096