Image Processing: Mathematics, Engineering, Or Art?

Kenneth M. Hanson

doi:10.1117/12.947239

11 June 1985 Image Processing: Mathematics, Engineering, Or Art?

Kenneth M. Hanson

Proceedings Volume 0535, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XIII; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.947239
Event: 1985 Medical Imaging Conferences, 1985, California, United States

Abstract

From the strict mathematical viewpoint, it is impossible to fully achieve the goal of digital image processing, which is to determine an unknown function of two dimensions from a finite number of discrete measurements linearly related to it. However, the necessity to display image data in a form that is visually useful to an observer supersedes such mathematically correct admonitions. Engineering defines the technological limits of what kind of image processing can be done and how the resulting image can be displayed. The appeal and usefulness of the final image to the human eye pertains to aesthetics. Effective image processing necessitates unification of mathematical theory, practical implementation, and artistic display.

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Kenneth M. Hanson "Image Processing: Mathematics, Engineering, Or Art?", Proc. SPIE 0535, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XIII, (11 June 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.947239

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