Image Processing, 2nd Edition

“Although many books are available in the area of image processing, this book Image Processing, the Fundamentals by Maria Petrou and Costas Petrou explains this subject in a distinctive way. In this book, the authors have attempted to capture new insights with a lot of examples in all the fundamental topics of image processing.” (IAPR Newsletter, 1 January 2011)

“This book is an ideal teaching resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. It will also be of value to researchers of various disciplines from medicine to mathematics with a professional interest in image processing.” (Zentralblatt MATH, 2010)

Maria Petrou, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UKProfessor Maria Petrou has been teaching image processing for more than 20 years, within both academic and industry settings. As well as co-authoring the first edition of Image Processing: The Fundamentals (1999), Professor Petrou has also co-authored Imaging Processing: Dealing with Texture (2006), both published by Wiley. She has recently co-edited a book on the human visual system published in July 2008 by Artech House. Professor Petrou has also published more than 10 book chapters.

Dr Costas Petrou, Independent software consultant, Thessaloniki, GreeceDr Costas Petrou studied for his PhD in Electrical Engineering at UCL. He now works as an independent software consultant in Thessaloniki, Greece.