CSE4019 IMAGE PROCESSING L T P J C
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Pre-requisite Nil Syllabus version
v1.0
Course Objectives:
1. To provide the basic knowledge on image processing concepts.
2. To develop the ability to apprehend and implement various image processing algorithms.
3. To facilitate the students to comprehend the contextual need pertaining to various image
processing applications.
Expected Course Outcome:
1. Ascertain and describe the basics of image processing concepts through mathematical
interpretation.
2. Acquire the knowledge of various image transforms and image enhancement techniques
involved.
3. Demonstrate image restoration process and its respective filters required.
4. Experiment the various image segmentation and morphological operations for a meaningful
partition of objects.
5. Design the various basic feature extraction and selection procedures and illustrate the various
image compression techniques and their applications.
6. Analyze and implement image processing algorithms for various real-time applications.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO): 1,9,18
Module:1 Introduction - Digital Image, its 6 hours
Representation
Image Representation and Image Processing Paradigm - Elements of digital image processing-
Image model. Sampling and quantization-Relationships between pixels- Connectivity, Distance
Measures between pixels - Color image (overview, various color models)-Various image formats
bmp, jpeg, tiff, png, gif, etc.
Module:2 Digital Image Properties - Operations on 6 hours
Digital Images
Topological Properties of Digital Images-Histograms, Entropy, Eigen Values-Image Quality
Metrics-Noise in Images Sources, types. Arithmetic operations - Addition, Subtraction, Multi-
plication, Division-Logical operations NOT, OR, AND, XOR-Set operators-Spatial operations
Single pixel, neighbourhood, geometric-Contrast Stretching-Intensity slicing-Bit plane slicing
Power Law transforms
Module:3 Image Enhancement 6 hours
Spatial and Frequency domain-Histogram processing-Spatial filtering-Smoothening spatial filters-
Sharpening spatial filters- Discrete Fourier Transform-Discrete Cosine Transform-Haar Trans-
form -Hough Transform-Frequency filtering-Smoothening frequency filters-Sharpening frequency
filters-Selective filtering.
Module:4 Digital Image Restoration- Digital 7 hours
Image Registration
Noise models - Degradation models-Methods to estimate the degradation-Image de-blurring-
Restoration in the presence of noise only spatial filtering-Periodic noise reduction by frequency
domain filtering-Inverse filtering-Wiener Filtering. Geometrical transformation-Point based
methods- Surface based methods-Intensity based methods
Module:5 Feature Extraction 6 hours
Region of interest (ROI) selection - Feature extraction: Histogram based features - Intensity
features-Color, Shape features-Contour extraction and representation-Homogenous region
extraction and representation-Texture descriptors - Feature Selection: Principal Component
Analysis (PCA).
Module:6 Image Segmentation- Morphological 6 hours
Image Processing
Discontinuity detection-Edge linking and boundary detection. Thresholding-Region oriented
segmentation- Histogram based segmentation.Object recognition based on shape descriptors.
Dilation and Erosion-Opening and Closing-Medial axis transforms-Objects skeletons-Thinning
boundaries.
Module:7 Image Coding and Compression 6 hours
Lossless compression versus lossy compression-Measures of the compression efficiency- Huf-
mann coding-Bitplane coding-Shift codes-Block Truncation coding-Arithmetic coding-Predictive
coding techniques-Lossy compression algorithm using the 2-D. DCT transform-The JPEG 2000
standard Baseline lossy JPEG, based on DWT.
Module:8 Recent Trends 2 hours
Total Lecture hours: 45 hours
Text Book(s)
1. Rafael C. Gonzalez and Richard E. Woods, Digital Image Processing, Third Ed., Prentice-
Hall, 2008.
Reference Books
1. William K. Pratt, Digital Image Processing, John Wiley, 4th Edition, 2007
2. Anil K. Jain, Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing, Prentice Hall of India, 1997
3. Sonka, Fitzpatrick, Medical Image Processing and Analysis, 1st Edition, SPIE,2000.
Mode of Evaluation: CAT / Assignment / Quiz / FAT / Project / Seminar
Recommended by Board of Studies 04-04-2014
Approved by Academic Council No. 37 Date 16-06-2015
