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| Chapter 1 | Introduction |
| General; Objectives; Research Aspects; Structure; Software Used. | |
| Chapter 2 | Fundamentals of Image Processing |
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Introduction; Basics of Digital Images; Digital Image Processing; Imaging Operations; Creating Digital Images; Thresholding and Truncating; The Fourier Transform; Two-Dimensional Filters; Feature Extraction; Nonlinear Filters; Image Compression; Pattern Recognition in Images; A Basic Automatic Detection Algorithm. |
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| Chapter 3 | Signals in Science and Medicine |
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Introduction; Signals in Science: Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) Images; High-Resolution RCS Measurements; Effects of Aircraft Backscatter Mechanisms on ISAR Images; Dimensionality Reduction Criteria; Signals in Medicine. |
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| Chapter 4 | Fundamentals of Image Reconstruction |
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Introduction; The Mathematical Model; Implementation of the Algorithm; Demonstration on Test Data; ISAR Imaging of Test Data; Three-Scatterer Modeling of the Four Landing Aircraft Configurations; Fourier Imaging; 2-D Image Reconstruction. |
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| Chapter 5 | Mathematics of Signals and Image Reconstruction |
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Introduction; Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging. |
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| Chapter 6 | Wavelet Transforms for Electromagnetic Images |
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Introduction; Historical Perspective of Wavelet Analysis; Basic Parameters; Fourier- and Short Time Fourier- Transform; Theory of Wavelet Transform; Continuous Wavelet Transform; Discrete Wavelet Transform; Wavelet Transforms of Images; Daubechies Wavelet Filter Coefficients; Compression and De-noising of ISAR Images; Spatial Domain Wavelet Analysis; ISAR Image Processing. |
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| Chapter 7 | Magnetic Resonance Signal Analysis Using Wavelets |
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Introduction; Wavelet Transform; Properties of Wavelet Transform; Magnetic Resonance Signal Model; Design of Prototype Wavelet for Signal Analysis; Signal Processing.
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| Chapter 8 | Vision-Based Underwater Cable Tracking |
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Introduction; Target System; Middle Level Control; Sensor Fusion; Experimental Results; Real-World Implementation; Discussion and Future Trends; Conclusions. |
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| Chapter 9 | Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction |
| Introduction; Experiment; Characteristics of Image Data; Modeling of Discharge Images; Feature Extraction of Discharge Images; Image Matching Approaches for Discharge Images; The Depth Using Orthogonal Camera; Reconstructed Depth Maps; Conclusions. | |