Digital Image Processing: Theory and Practice with Python

Integrate machine learning and AI-based approaches into practical image processing with Python

Engineers and researchers implementing image processing systems need methods that bridge classical techniques with modern machine learning approaches. This book delivers both traditional and modern AI-based methods and algorithms in image enhancement, restoration, segmentation, compression, and analysis. Written by an educator and researcher with more than 40 years’ experience in signal/image processing and machine learning, this reference provides theoretical and practical tools using the Python platform for a wide range of applications.

The book consists of twenty chapters covering fundamental and advanced topics including two-dimensional image modeling, wavelet transform, Kalman filters, image reconstruction and computerized tomography, layered machines, linear and nonlinear autoencoders, and associative memories. Each chapter includes practical examples demonstrating real-world applications, supported by Python code, solution manuals, and presentation materials.

This book also covers:

• Fundamental supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods with specific deep learning applications for image enhancement, segmentation, feature extraction, data compression, and classification
• Wavelet transform and filter banks integrated with state-of-the-art image analysis and processing
• Advanced filtering techniques including Wiener and Kalman filters, and two-dimensional image modeling
• Python implementations via Google colab platform enabling immediate application of theoretical concepts to practical image processing problems
• Instructor resources including solution manuals and presentation materials supporting adoption in digital image processing and computer vision courses

Essential for professionals in industry and research laboratories requiring implementation-ready image processing methods, this reference also serves graduate students and advanced undergraduates in electrical and computer engineering, biomedical engineering, and computer science programs studying digital image processing and computer vision.

MAHMOOD R. AZIMI-SADJADI received his MS and PhD degrees from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Director of the Digital Signal/Image Processing Laboratory at Colorado State University, USA. His research spans statistical signal and image processing, machine learning algorithms and applications, and adaptive systems. A life member of IEEE who served as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and Neural Networks, Mahmood received the 1999 Abell Faculty Teaching Award of Excellence from the College of Engineering.