内容简介：
This book leads the reader on a guided tour of the practical methods that can reveal the most important information in the digital images used for scientific, forensic and technical purposes, using richly illustrated examples that show the reader the step-by-step procedures for correcting problems in recorded images, enhancing the critical details, isolating objects and structures for measurement, and deriving the quantitative data useful for subsequent analysis. The emphasis in the book is on teaching by example, and providing visual comparisons of the various tools that can be applied, following the typical workflow needed to correct imaging defects, enhance details, isolate objects and structures, and perform measurements. The examples are purposely taken from a wide range of subjects, including various kinds of microscopy, medical imaging, forensic photography, and astronomy.
作者简介：
John Russ is a retired professor with 50+ years experience in imaging using a wide range of optical and other instruments for technical, scientific and forensic purposes. His particular interests involve the processing and analysis of the resulting images in order to extract information useful for characterizing quantifying, classifying, and identifying the objects and structures represented. The application of these techniques ranges from the microscopic to the astronomical, and includes the structures of engineering and textile materials, imaging of biological and medical images, forensic imagery, and more.
目录：
Chapter 1 - Image Sources and Characteristics
Color Cameras
Other Image Sources
Resolution
Noise
Compression
Chapter 2 - Performing Image Adjustments
Color Adjustments
Distortion
Interpolation
Random Noise
Nonuniform Illumination
Contrast Expansion
Chapter 3 - Applying Image Enhancements
Pseudocolor
Principal Components
Combining Images
Detail Sharpening
Edge Delineation
Texture
Chapter 4 - Fourier Space Processing
Frequency Filters
Removing Periodic Noise
Cross-correlation
Deconvolution
Chapter 5 - Binary Images
Thresholding
Contour Lines
4- and 8-Connectedness
Boolean Combinations
Morphology
Watershed Segmentation
Skeletons
Chapter 6 - Measurements
Manual Measurement
Global Measurements
Feature Measurements
Appendix A - 32-bit Photoshop with Plugins
Appendix B - 64-bit Photoshop with Plugins
Appendix C - Matlab Image Processing Toolbox
Appendix D - ImageJ
Appendix E - Image-Pro Plus
Appendix F - ImageMet SPIP
Appendix G - GIMP
Appendix H - Others