Image Processing and Acquisition using Python

Introduction to Images and Computing using Python Introduction to Python Introduction What Is Python? Python Environments Running a Python Program Basic Python Statements and Data TypesComputing using Python Modules Introduction Python Modules Numpy Scipy Matplotlib Python Imaging Library Scikits Python OpenCV ModuleImage and Its Properties Introduction Image and Its PropertiesImage TypesData Structures for Image AnalysisProgramming ParadigmImage Processing using Python Spatial Filters Introduction FilteringEdge Detection using DerivativesImage Enhancement Introduction Pixel Transformation Image Inverse Power Law Transformation Log Transformation Histogram EqualizationContrast StretchingFourier Transform Introduction Definition of Fourier Transform Two-Dimensional Fourier Transform Convolution Filtering in Frequency DomainSegmentation Introduction Histogram-Based SegmentationRegion-Based SegmentationSegmentation Algorithm for Various ModalitiesMorphological Operations Introduction History Dilation Erosion Grayscale Dilation and Erosion Opening and Closing Hit-or-Miss Thickening and Thinning Image Measurements IntroductionLabeling Hough TransformTemplate MatchingImage Acquisition X-Ray and Computed Tomography Introduction History X-Ray Generation Material Properties X-Ray Detection X-Ray Imaging Modes Computed Tomography (CT)Hounsfield Unit (HU) ArtifactsMagnetic Resonance Imaging Introduction Laws Governing NMR and MRIMaterial PropertiesNMR Signal Detection MRI Signal Detection or MRI ImagingMRI ConstructionT1, T2, and Proton Density Image MRI Modes or Pulse SequenceMRI ArtifactsLight Microscopes Introduction Physical PrinciplesConstruction of a Wide-Field Microscope Epi-Illumination Fluorescence MicroscopeConfocal Microscopes Nipkow Disk MicroscopesConfocal or Wide-Field?Electron Microscopes Introduction Physical PrinciplesConstruction of EMSpecimen Preparations Construction of TEM Construction of SEMAppendix A: Installing Python DistributionsAppendix B: Parallel Programming Using MPI4PyAppendix C: Introduction to ImageJ Appendix D: MATLAB and Numpy Functions IndexA Summary and Exercises appear at the end of each chapter.