{"product_id":"foundations-of-image-understanding-larry-s-davis-9781461355991","title":"Foundations of Image Understanding","description":"Computer systems that analyze images are critical to a wide variety of applications such as visual inspections systems for various manufacturing processes, remote sensing of the environment from space-borne imaging platforms, and automatic diagnosis from X-rays and other medical imaging sources. Professor Azriel Rosenfeld, the founder of the field of digital image analysis, made fundamental contributions to a wide variety of problems in image processing, pattern recognition and computer vision. Professor Rosenfeld's previous students, postdoctoral scientists, and colleagues illustrate in \u003cem\u003eFoundations of\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eImage Understanding\u003c\/em\u003e how current research has been influenced by his work as the leading researcher in the area of image analysis for over two decades. \u003cbr\u003e Each chapter of \u003cem\u003eFoundations of Image Understanding\u003c\/em\u003e is written by one of the world's leading experts in his area of specialization, examining digital geometry and topology (early research which laid the foundations for many industrial machine vision systems), edge detection and segmentation (fundamental to systems that analyze complex images of our three-dimensional world), multi-resolution and variable resolution representations for images and maps, parallel algorithms and systems for image analysis, and the importance of human psychophysical studies of vision to the design of computer vision systems. Professor Rosenfeld's chapter briefly discusses topics not covered in the contributed chapters, providing a personal, historical perspective on the development of the field of image understanding. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eFoundations of Image Understanding\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent source of basic material for both graduate students entering the field and established researchers who require a compact source for many of the foundational topics in image analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry S. Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1461355990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781461355991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.03d","brand":"Larry S. Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930799489279,"sku":"9781461355991","price":169.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9eed728e-9fbe-4cae-8d3d-30db408eaed6.jpg?v=1766344353","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/foundations-of-image-understanding-larry-s-davis-9781461355991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}