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    DIGITAL

    IMAGE

    PROCESSING

    BY

    M.NIKITA

    3rd year

    CSE

    JBIET

    Email:

    [email protected]

    Phone no:

    9298406222

    SONAM MODANI

    3rdyear

    IT

    JBIET

    Email:

    [email protected]

    Phone no:

    9885594307

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    INDEX

    Topic Page no

    Abstract

    1. Introduction 1

    2. History 1

    3. Categories 3

    4. Image Viewing & types 4

    5. Digital Image Editing 6

    6. Editing Programs &

    Digital DataCompression 7

    7. Image Editor Features 8

    8.Advantages 10

    9. Disadvantages 11

    10.Conclusion 11

    11.Referrences 11

    Abstract:

    By using Digital Image

    Processing we enhance the digital images

    and extracting information and features

    from the image. Digital Image Processing

    has become the most common form of

    image processing, and it is generally used

    because it is not only the most versatile

    method,but also the cheapest. This is one

    type of image processing and it used for

    editing the digital images which are taken

    from the digital cameras. This technology

    is more useful in the investigation in Crime

    Branch. Digital Image Processing has the

    advantages as a wider range of algorithm

    to be applied to the input data and can

    avoid the problems such as build-up of

    noice and signal distortion during processing. For this the NASA and US

    military have developed advanced

    computer software. By using this software

    improve the clarity of and amount of detail

    visible in still and video images.

    The main feature of this technology

    is Digital Image Editing. Image Editors are

    provide the means for altering and

    improving images in an all most endless

    number of time. They accepts images in

    large variety of image formats. The other

    features of this technology is Image Size

    Alteration, Cropping on Image, Removal

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    of Noice and unwanted elements, merging

    of images and finally color adjustments.

    And in this paper we present

    categories of digital image processing,

    Image Compression, Image viewing and

    image types, and digital image editing,

    and finally advantages and

    disadvantgages of digital image

    processing.

    IMAGE PROCESSING:

    Image processing is enhancing

    image or extracting information or features

    from an image. Any activity that

    transforms an input image into an output

    image. The manipulation and alteration of

    images using computer software.

    DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING :

    Digital image processing is the use

    of computerto perform on. Digital image

    processing has the same advantages (over

    analog image processing) as has (over

    analog signal processing) -- it allows a

    much wider range of algorithms to be

    applied to the input data, and can avoid

    problems such as the build-up of noise and

    signal distortion during processing.

    DIGITAL IMAGE :

    A digital image is a representation

    of a two-dimensionalas a finite set of

    values, called picture elements or.

    Typically, the pixels are stored in computer

    memory as a or a two-dimensional array

    of small integers. These values are often

    transmitted or stored in a form.

    Digital images can be by a variety

    of input devices and techniques, such as,

    scanners, coordinate-measuring

    machines, seismographic profiling,

    airborne radar,and more.

    It is an image that was acquired

    through scanners or captured from digital

    cameras. The most common kind of digital

    image processing is digital image editing.

    HISTORY:

    Because of the computational load

    of dealing with images containing

    millions of pixels, digital image

    processing was largely of academic

    interest until the 1970s, when

    dedicated hardware became available

    that could process images in real

    time, for some dedicated problems

    such as television standards

    conversion. As general-purpose

    computers became faster, they

    started to take over the role of

    dedicated hardware for all but the

    most specialized and compute-

    intensive operations.

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    With the fast computers and signal

    processors available in the 2000s, digital

    image processing has become the most

    common form of image processing, and is

    generally used because it is not only the

    most versatile method, but also the

    cheapest.

    DIGITAL PROCESSING OF

    CAMERA IMAGES :

    Images taken by popular digital

    cameras often need processing to improve

    their quality, a distinct advantage digital

    cameras have over film cameras. The

    digital image processing is done by special

    software programs that manipulate the

    images is many ways. This process is

    performed in a "digital darkroom", which

    is not really a darkroom as it is

    accomplished via a computer and

    keyboard.

    REASONS FOR INTRODUING

    DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING:

    Few types of evidence are more

    incriminating than a photograph or

    videotape that places a suspect at a crime

    scene, whether or not it actually depicts the

    suspect committing a criminal act. Ideally,

    the image will be clear, with all persons,

    settings, and objects reliably identifiable.

    Unfortunately, though, that is not always

    the case, and the photograph or video

    image may be grainy, blurry, of poor

    contrast, or even damaged in some way.

    In such cases, investigators may

    rely on computerized technology that

    enables digital processing and

    enhancement of an image. The U.S.

    government, and in particular, the military,

    the FBI, and the National Aeronautics

    and Space Agency (NASA), and more

    recently, private technology firms, have

    developed advanced computer software

    that can dramatically improve the clarity of

    and amount of detail visible in still and

    video images. NASA, for example, used

    digital processing to analyze the video of

    the Challenger incident.

    HOW CAN WE PROCESS AN IMAGE

    ?

    The first step in digital image

    processing is to transfer an image to a

    computer, digitizing the image and turning

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    it into a computer image file that can be

    stored in a computer's memory or on a

    storage medium such as a hard disk or CD-

    ROM. Digitization involves translating the

    image into a numerical code that can be

    understood by a computer. It can be

    accomplished using a scanner or a video

    camera linked to a frame grabber board in

    the computer.

    The computer breaks down the

    image in to thousands of pixels. Pixels arethe smallest component of an image. They

    are the small dots in the horizontal lines

    across a television screen. Each pixel is

    converted into a number that represents the

    brightness of the dot. For a black-and-

    white image, the pixel represents different

    shades between total black and full white.

    The computer can then adjust the pixels to

    enhance image quality.

    CATEGORIES OF DIGITAL IMAGE

    PROCESSING:

    The Three main categories of digital

    image processing are:

    Image Compression is a mathematical

    technique used to reduce the amount

    of computer memory needed to

    store a digital image. The computer

    discards (rejects) some information,

    while retaining sufficient information

    to make the image pleasing to the

    human eye.

    Enhancement Image enhancement

    techniques can be used to modify the

    brightness and contrast of an image, to

    remove blurriness, and to filter out

    some of the noise. Using mathematical

    equations called algorithms, the

    computer applies each change to either

    the whole image or targets a particular

    portion of the image.

    For example, global contrast

    enhancement would affect the entire

    image, whereas local contrast

    enhancement would improve the

    contrast of small details, such as a face

    or a license plate on a vehicle. Some

    algorithms can remove background

    noise without disturbing the key

    components of the image.

    Measurement Extractionis used to

    gather useful information from an

    enhanced image.

    IMAGE VIEWING:

    The user can utilize different

    program to see the image. The GIF, JPEG

    and PNG images can be seen simply using

    a web browser because they are the

    standard internet image formats. The SVG

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    format is more and more used in the web

    and is a standard W3C format.

    IMAGE TYPES :

    Digital images can be classified

    according to the number and nature of

    those samples:The term digital image is

    also applied to data associated to points

    scattered over a three-dimensional region,

    such as produced by tomographic

    equipment. In that case, each datum is

    called a voxel.

    TYPES OF IMAGES :

    1. Binary Image :

    A binary image is a digital image

    that has only two possible values

    for each pixel. Binary images are also called bi-

    levelortwo-level.

    A binary image is usually stored in

    memory as a bitmap, a packed

    array of bits.

    A binary image is also a compiled

    version of source code in Linux and

    Unixes

    2. Gray Scale: In computing, a grayscale

    or greyscaledigital imageis an image

    in which the value of each pixel is a

    single sample.Grayscale images are

    distinct from black-and-white

    images, which in the context of

    computer imaging are images with

    only two colors, black and white;

    grayscale images have many shades of

    gray in between. In most contexts

    other than digital imaging, however,

    the term "black and white" is used in

    place of "grayscale";

    For example, photography in

    shades of gray is typically called "black-and-whitephotography". The term

    monochromatic in some digital imaging

    contexts is synonymous with grayscale,

    and in some contexts synonymous with

    black-and-white.

    3. Color Image: A (digital) color image is

    a digital image that includes color

    information for each pixel.For visually

    acceptable results, it is necessary (and

    almost sufficient) to provide three samples

    (color channels) for each pixel, which are

    interpreted as coordinates in some color

    space. The RGB color space is commonly

    used in computer displays, but other spaces

    such as YUV, HSV, and are often used in

    other contexts. Color Image

    Representation : A color image is usually

    stored in memory as a raster map, a two-

    dimensional array of small integer triplets;

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    or (rarely) as three separate raster maps.

    The same picture in three different colormodes. The picture on the left is the

    original photograph, in full color. The

    picture in the center is in grayscale. The

    picture on the right is in black and white,

    or monochrome.

    4. False Color : For military operations

    under a false flag, seefalse colors.

    This "true color" image shows the

    same region as the "false color" image

    above, but uses true colors, e.g., the plants

    are shown in green.A false-color image is

    an image that depicts a subject in colors

    that differ from human perception of the

    same subject. Also known as a pseudo-

    color image, it is derived from a greyscale

    image by mapping each pixel value to a

    color according to a table or function..

    Although false-coloring does not

    increase the information contents of the

    original image, it can make some details

    more visible, by increasing the distance in

    color space between successive gray

    levels.

    For example, a photographic

    negative could be called a false-color

    image, since it shows the complementary

    colors of its subject. However, the term

    "false-color" is typically used to describe

    images whose colors represent measured

    intensities outside the visible portion of the

    electromagnetic spectrum .False-color

    images are frequently used for viewing

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    A "false color" image showing the

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    satellite images, such as from weather

    satellites.

    5. Multi Spectral Image: Multi-spectral

    images are images of the same object,

    taken in different bands of visible or

    infrared region of electromagnetic

    continum. This is the main type of images

    acquired by Remote sensing (RS)

    radiometers. Multi-spectral is the opposite

    of panchromatic. Usually satelites have 3

    to 7 or more radiometers. Each oneacquires one digiral image in a small band

    of visible spectra.

    6. Thematic Image : Thematic images are

    usually image products of

    classification processing of

    multispectral images of the earth

    surface. The classification process

    differentiates types of surface such as

    land, water,forest, lake, structure etc.

    DIGITAL IMAGE EDITING:

    Digital image editing is the

    process ofaltering digital images,

    whether they be digital photographs or

    other types of digitally represented images.

    Specialised software programs

    called vector graphics editors or bitmap

    graphics editors are the primary tools with

    which a user may manipulate, enhance,

    and transform images. These editors are

    capable of editing images in many diverse

    ways.

    BASICS OF DIGITAL IMAGE

    EDITING:

    Bitmap images are stored in a

    computer in the form of a grid of picture

    elements called pixels. These pixels

    contain the image's color and brightness

    information. Image editors can change the

    pixels to enhance the image in many ways.

    The pixels can be changed as a group, or

    individually, by the sophisticated

    algorithms within the image editors.

    IMAGE EDITING PROGRAMS:

    Because of the popularity ofdigital

    cameras, image editing programs are

    readily available. Minimal programs, that

    do such operations as rotating and

    cropping (image)s are often provided

    within the digital camera itself, others are

    returned to the user on a compact disc

    (CD) when images are processed at a

    discount store.

    DIGITAL DATA COMPRESSION:

    Many image file formats use data

    compression to reduce file size and save

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    storage spce. Digital compression of

    images may take place in the camera, or

    can be done in the computer with the

    image editor. When images are stored in

    JPEG format, compression has already

    taken place. Both cameras and computer

    programs allow the user to set the level of

    compression.

    Some compression algorithms are

    lossless, such as PNG, which means no

    image quality is lost when the file is saved.The JPEG compression algorithm uses a

    lossy format. The greater the compression,

    the lesser the quality. The JPEG algorithm

    utilizes the way the brain and eyes

    perceive colour to make loss of detail less

    noticeable.

    IMAGE EDITOR FEATURES:

    Listed below are some of the most

    used capabilities of the better graphic

    manipulation programs. The list is by no

    means all inclusive. There are a myriad of

    choices associated with the application of

    most of these features.

    Image Size Alteration: Image

    editors can resize an image,

    making it larger, or smaller. High

    image resolution cameras can

    produce large images which are

    often reduced in size for Internet

    use. Image editor programs use a

    mathematical process called re-

    sampling to calculate new pixel

    values whose spacing is larger or

    smaller than the original pixel

    values..

    Cropping An Image: Digital editors are

    used to crop images. Cropping

    creates a new image by removing a

    desired rectangular portion from the

    image being cropped. The unwanted

    part of the image is discarded. Image

    cropping does not reduce the

    resolution of the area cropped.

    Noise Removal: Image editors may

    feature a number of algorithms

    which can add or remove noise in

    an image. JPEG artifacts can beremoved; dust & scratches can be

    removed and an image can be

    despeckled. Noise tends to invade

    images when pictures are taken in

    low light settings.

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    John and Bertha

    Phillips - 1910

    Special Effects: Image editors usually have

    a list of special effects that can create

    unusual results. Images may be

    skewed and distorted in various

    ways. Scores of special effects can

    be applied to an image which include

    various forms of distortion, artistic

    effects, geometric and texture

    effects, and combinations thereof.

    An example of some special effects

    that can be added to a picture.

    Change Color Depth: It is

    possible, using software, to change

    the color depth of images. Common

    color depths are 2, 16, 256, and 16

    million colors. The JPEG and PNG

    image formats are capable of

    storing 16.7 million colors (equal to

    256 luminance values per color

    channel). In addition, grayscale

    images of 8 bits or less can be

    created, usually via conversion and

    downsampling from a full color

    image.

    An example of converting

    an image from color to grayscale.

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    Lens Correction: Photo manipulation

    packages have functions to correct

    images for various lens distortions

    inclduing pincushion, fisheye and

    barrel distortions. The corrections are

    subtle, but can improve the

    appearance of some photographs.

    Contrast Change And Brightening:

    Image editors have provisions to change

    the contrast of images and brighten or

    darken the image. Many an

    underexposed image can be improved by

    using this feature. only pixels below a

    particular luminosity threshold are

    brightened, thereby brightening

    underexposed shadows without affecting

    the rest of the image.

    Sharpening And Softening Images:

    Graphics programs can be used to

    both sharpen and blur images in a

    number of ways. Edge

    enhancement is an extremely

    common technique used to make

    images appear sharper, although

    many purists frown on the end result

    as less natural-looking.

    Color Adjustments: The color of images

    can be altered in a variety of ways.

    The color balance can be improved,

    colors and be faded in and out, and

    tones can be changed. Special

    effects, like sepia and grayscale can

    be added to an image.

    ADVANTAGES:

    1. One of the biggest advantages of

    digital imaging is the ability of the

    operator to manipulate the pixel

    shades to correct image density and

    contrast, is called Post-Processing.

    And perform other processing

    functions that could result in

    improved diagnosis and fewer

    repeated examinations.

    2. Digital imaging allows the

    electronic transmission of images

    to third-party providers, referring

    dentists, consultants, and insurance

    carriers via a modem.

    3. Digital imaging is also

    environmentally friendly since it

    does not require chemical

    processing. It is well known that

    used film processing chemicals

    contaminate the water supply

    system with harmful metals such as

    the silver found in used fixer

    solution.

    4. Radiation dose reduction is also a

    benefit derived from the use of

    digital systems. Some

    manufacturers have claimed a 90%

    decrease in radiation exposure, but

    the real savings depend on

    comparisons.

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    DISADVANTAGES:

    There are also disadvantages

    associated with the use of digital systems.

    1. The initial cost can be high

    depending on the system used, the

    number of detectors purchased, etc.

    2. Competency using the software can

    take time to master depending on

    the level of computer literacy of

    team members. Finally, since

    digital imaging in dentistry is not

    standardized, professionals are

    unable to exchange information

    without going through an

    intermediary process.

    CONCLUSION:

    Image editors provide the means

    for altering and improving images in an

    almost endless number of ways. They

    accept images in a large variety of image

    formats, and after changes are made they

    allow the changed image to be saved in

    any number of image formats, at almost

    any size, and in varying degrees of

    compression. Most serious digital camera

    users will find the facilities of an image

    editor indispensable.

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