A comprehensive introduction to the concept of primary and secondary processing of the image of prominent people in the field of A CD-ROM contains 70 demonstration programs are highly interactive with the user-friendly interface to provide visual presentation of the concept of Up-to-date content, including statistical modeling of natural , pure anisotropic diffusion composite, image quality and the latest developments in the JPEG 2000 format This comprehensive and state-of-art approach for image processing provide engineers and students a thorough introduction to, and including full coverage of key applications: image watermarking, fingerprint recognition, facial recognition and iris recognition and medical imaging. To help learn the concepts and techniques, the book contains a CD-ROM 70 highly interactive visual demonstration. key algorithm and implementation details are included, along with the latest developments in standards. "This book combines basic image processing techniques with some of the most advanced procedures. Bernd Girod, Stanford University, USA "This book is informative, easy to read with many examples, and allows great flexibility in tailoring course image processing or analysis." Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego, United States * A complete and modern introduction to the concept of primary and secondary processing of images - edited and written by prominent people in the field * An essential reference for all types of engineers working on image processing applications * CD-ROM contains 70 demonstration programs are highly interactive with the user-friendly interface to provide visual presentation of the concept * Up-to-date content, including statistical modeling of natural, anisotropic diffusion, image quality and the latest developments in the JPEG 2000 format