Advances in Image Processing, Analysis and Recognition Technology

Dear Colleagues,

For many decades, researchers have been trying to make computer analyses of images as effective as human vision. For this purpose, many algorithms and systems have been created so far. The whole process covers various stages, including image processing, representation and recognition. The results of this work have found many applications in computer-assisted areas of everyday life. They improve particular activities and provide useful tools, sometimes only for entertainment but quite often significantly for increasing safety. In fact, the practical implementation of image processing algorithms is particularly wide. Moreover, the rapid growth of computational complexity and computer efficiency has allowed for the development of more sophisticated and effective algorithms and tools. Although significant progress has been made so far, many issues still remain open, resulting in the need for the development of novel approaches.

The aim of this Topical Collection on “Advances in Image Processing, Analysis and Recognition Technology” is to give researchers the opportunity to provide new trends, latest achievements and research directions as well as to present their current work on the important problem of image processing, analysis and recognition.

Potential topics of interest for this Topical Collection include (but are not limited to) the following areas:

• Image acquisition;
• Image quality analysis;
• Image filtering, restoration and enhancement;
• Image segmentation;
• Biomedical image processing;
• Color image processing;
• Multispectral image processing;
• Hardware and architectures for image processing;
• Image databases;
• Image retrieval and indexing;
• Image compression;
• Low-level and high-level image description;
• Mathematical methods in image processing, analysis and representation;
• Artificial intelligence tools in image analysis;
• Pattern recognition algorithms applied for images;
• Digital watermarking;
• Digital photography;
• Practical applications of image processing, analysis and recognition algorithms in medicine, surveillance, biometrics, document analysis, multimedia, intelligent transportation systems, stereo vision, remote sensing, computer vision, robotics, etc.

Dr. Dariusz Frejlichowski
Collection Editor

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