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Image Representation and Processing

A Recursive Approach

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  • © 1993

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  1. V. V. Alexandrov

    1. St Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation, St Petersburg, Russia

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  2. N. D. Gorsky

    1. St Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation, St Petersburg, Russia

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Part of the book series: Mathematics and Its Applications (MAIA, volume 261)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • V. V. Alexandrov, N. D. Gorsky
    Pages 1-19

  3. Recursive Structures and their Properties

    • V. V. Alexandrov, N. D. Gorsky
    Pages 21-58

  4. Pyramidal Image Models

    • V. V. Alexandrov, N. D. Gorsky
    Pages 59-86

  5. Image Coding and Progressive Transmission with Gradual Refinement

    • V. V. Alexandrov, N. D. Gorsky
    Pages 87-110

  6. Image Processing with Pyramidal-Recursive Structures

    • V. V. Alexandrov, N. D. Gorsky
    Pages 111-142

  7. Applications of Pyramidal-Recursive Structures and Algorithms

    • V. V. Alexandrov, N. D. Gorsky
    Pages 143-175

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 177-195
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About this book

Recently, much attention has been paid to image processing with multiresolution and hierarchical structures such as pyramids and trees. This volume deals with recursive pyramids, which combine the advantages of available multiresolution structures and which are convenient both for global and local image processing. Recursive pyramids are based on regular hierarchical (recursive) structures containing data on image fragments of different sizes. Such an image representation technique enables the effective manipulation of pictorial information as well as the development of special hardware or data structures. The major aspects of this book are two original mathematical models of greyscale and binary images represented by recursive structures. Image compression, transmission and processing are discussed using these models. A number of applications are presented, including optical character recognition, expert systems and special computer architecture for pictorial data processing. The majority of results are presented as algorithms applicable to discrete information fields of arbitrary dimensions (e.g. 2-D or 3-D images).
The book is divided into six chapters: Chapter 1 provides a brief introduction. Chapter 2 then deals with recursive structures and their properties. Chapter 3 introduces pyramidal image models. Image coding and the progressive transmission of images with gradual refinement are discussed in Chapter 4. Chapters 5 and 6 are devoted to image processing with pyramidal-recursive structures and applications. The volume concludes with a comprehensive bibliography.
For applied mathematicians and computer scientists whose work involves computer vision, information theory and other aspects of image representation techniques.

Authors and Affiliations

  • St Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation, St Petersburg, Russia

    V. V. Alexandrov, N. D. Gorsky

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