CS6825: Computer Vision word cloud

Computer Vision .......what is in a name

Image Enhancement - make image look better.

  • emphasis on "viewer" wants.
  • removing what the viewer doesn't want to see.

Image Restoration- removal of degradation.

  • noise

Image Reconstruction - generating an image

  • from indirect measurements (possibly inaccurate)
  • CAT (Computer Aided Topography)
  • MRI
  • SAR (Synthetic aperture Radar)

Image Compression -reduce memory to store image data.

  • JPEG, MPEG
Image Processing - general term referring to the manipulation of image data.
Image Analysis- characterizing features in image/video.
Image Understanding/Scene Understanding
Object/Target Recognition

Related Fields:

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics, Cognitive Psychology, Robotics, Multi-Media, Media Processing

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