Sixth Sem: CSC-363 Image Processing Syllabus

Course Title: Image Processing

Course no: CSC-363                                                             Full Marks: 70+10+20

Credit hours: 3                                                                      Pass Marks: 28+4+8

 

Nature of course: Theory (3 Hrs.) + Lab (3 Hrs.)

 

Course Synopsis: This course deals with image components.

 

Goal:   To be familiar with processing of the images, recognition of the pattern and their   applications.

 

Unit 1. Introduction to Digital Image Processing:                                      4 Hrs.

 

Digital image representation, Digital image processing: Problems and applications, Elements of visual perception, Sampling and quantization, relationships between pixels

 

Unit 2. Two-dimensional Systems:                                                               5 Hrs.

 

Fourier transform and Fast Fourier Transform, Other image transforms and their properties: Cosine transform, Sine transform, Hadamard transform, Haar transform

 

Unit 3. Image Enhancement and Restoration:                                           8 Hrs.

 

Point operations, contrast stretching, clipping and thresholding, digital negative, intensity level slicing, bit extraction, Histogram modeling: Equalization modification, specification, Spatial operations: Averaging, directional smoothing, median, filtering spatial low pass, high pass and band pass filtering, magnification by replication and interpolation

 

Unit 4. Image Coding and Compression:                                                   4 Hrs.

 

Pixel coding: run length, bit plan, Predictive and inter-frame coding

 

Unit 5. Introduction to Pattern Recognition and Images:             3 Hrs.

 

Unit 6. Recognition and Classification:                                                       5 Hrs.

 

Recognition classification, Feature extraction, Models, Division of sample space

 

Unit 7. Grey Level Features Edges and Lines:                                           6 Hrs.

 

Similarity and correlation, Template matching, Edge detection using templates, Edge detection using gradient models, model fitting, Line detection, problems with feature detectors

 

Unit 8. Segmentation:                                                                                   3 Hrs.

 

Segmentation by thresholding, Regions for edges, line and curve detection

 

 

 

Unit 9. Frequency Approach and Transform Domain:                            3 Hrs.

 

Unit 10. Advanced Topics:                                                                           4 Hrs.

 

Neural networks and their application to pattern recognition, Hopfield nets, Hamming nets, perceptron

 

Laboratory works:    Developing programs of above features.

 

Text / Reference books:

 

1.   K. Castlemann, "Digital Image Processing", Prentice Hall of India Ltd., 1996.

2.   A. K. Jain, "Fundamental of Digital Image Processing", Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 1995.

3.   R. C. Gonzalez and P. Wintz, "Digital Image Processing", Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1987.

4.   Sing_Tze Bow, M. Dekker, "Pattern Recognition and Image Processing", 1992

5.   M. James, "Pattern Recognition", BSP professional books, 1987.

6.   P. Monique and M. Dekker, "Fundamentals of Pattern Recognition", 1989.