A newly updated and revised edition of the classic introduction to digital image processingThe Fourth Edition of Digital Image Processing provides a complete introduction to the field and includes new information that updates the state of the art. The text offers coverage of new topics and includes interactive computer display imaging examples and computer programming exercises that illustrate the theoretical content of the book. These exercises can be implemented using the Programmer's Imaging Kernel System (PIKS) application program interface included on the accompanying CD.Suitable as a textbook for students or as a reference for practitioners, this new edition provides a comprehensive treatment of these vital topics:Characterization of continuous imagesImage sampling and quantization techniquesTwo-dimensional signal processing techniquesImage enhancement and restoration techniquesImage analysis techniquesSoftware implementation of image processing applicationsIn addition, the bundled CD includes:A Solaris operating system executable version of the PIKS Scientific APIA Windows operating system executable version of PIKS ScientificA Windows executable version of PIKSTool, a graphical user interface method of executing many of the PIKS Scientic operators without program compilationA PDF file format version of the PIKS Scientific C programmer's reference manualC program source demonstration programsA digital image database of most of the source images used in the book plus many others widely used in the literatureNote: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.