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Image processing

The manipulation of images by computer. Most image-processing techniques involve treating the image as a two-dimensional signal and applying standard signal-processing techniques to it.

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Image processing

binary image

Software; Image processing

A digital image in which each pixel is assigned a value of either zero or one.

symbolic image

Software; Image processing

A digital image in which the value associated with each pixel is a symbol, rather than a gray level.

image operator

Software; Image processing

A function that transforms an input image into an output image. Syn: image transform; image transform operator. See also: neighborhood operator; point operator.

pattern

Software; Image processing

A meaningful regularity that can be used to classify objects or other items of interest.

acutance

Software; Image processing

A measure of the sharpness of the edges in an image.

edge operator

Software; Image processing

A neighborhood operator that determines which pixels in an image are edge pixels.

line pixel

Software; Image processing

A pixel contained in an arc that approximates a straight line.

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