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Digital Image Processing

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 460-4079/02
Abbreviation DZO
Course title Digital Image Processing
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Computer Science
Course coordinator doc. Dr. Ing. Eduard Sojka

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
- The space of image signals. Linear combination and the dot product. The basis in the space of image signals.
- The operator. Linear and shift invariant operators. Dirac delta function.
- Convolution. Discrete convolution. Applications of convolution.
- The Fourier transform, its importance and properties.
- Discrete Fourier transform, cosine transform, fast Fourier transform, wavelet transform.
- Applications of the Fourier transform in image processing. Modifying the frequency spectrum of images.
- JPEG compression, MPEG compression, H.264/H.265 compression method, audio compression.
- Sampling and reconstructing images. Aliasing. Quantization.
- Transformations of brightness. Gamma correction. Histogram equalization.
- Geometric transformations of images. Morphing and warping.
- Recursive and non-recursive image filtering. Inverse filter.
- Random fields and their applications in image processing. Wiener filter.
- Morphological image processing.
- Image enhancement using deep learning.
- Technical equipment for capturing and processing images, cameras and camera systems.

Computer labs:
- Introduction to the OpenCV library, and basic operations with images.
- Gamma correction and contrast enhancement.
- Convolution (with Gaussian, Laplace, and other masks).
- Anisotropic filtering of images.
- Forward and backward discrete Fourier transform.
- Wavelet transform.
- Filtering in the frequency domain.
- Geometric transformations of images.
- Removing the lens distortion.
- Histogram equalization.
- Projective image transformation.
- Morphological operations on binary images.
- Image enhancement using deep learning.

E-learning

Literature

1. Gonzalez, R., C., Woods, R., E.: Digital Image Processing, 4th Edition, Pearson, ISBN-13: 9780134734804 , 9780133356724, 2018.
2. Shih, Frank, Y.: AI Deep Learning in Image Processing, CRC Press, ISBN 9781032755304 , 2025.

Advised literature

1. Burger, W., Burge, M., J.: Principles of Digital Image Processing: Fundamental Techniques, Springer, ISBN-10: 1848001908 , ISBN-13: 978-1848001909 , 2011
2. Brahmbhatt, S.: Practical OpenCV (Technology in Action), Apress, ISBN-10: 1430260793 , ISBN-13: 978-1430260790 , 2013
3. Petrou, M., Petrou, C.: Image Processing: The Fundamentals, 2nd Edition, Wiley, ISBN 978-1-119-99439-8 , 2011