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Python Image Processing Cookbook

By : Sandipan Dey
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Python Image Processing Cookbook

By: Sandipan Dey

Overview of this book

With the advancements in wireless devices and mobile technology, there's increasing demand for people with digital image processing skills in order to extract useful information from the ever-growing volume of images. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the relevant tools and algorithms, and guides you through analysis and visualization for image processing. With the help of over 60 cutting-edge recipes, you'll address common challenges in image processing and learn how to perform complex tasks such as object detection, image segmentation, and image reconstruction using large hybrid datasets. Dedicated sections will also take you through implementing various image enhancement and image restoration techniques, such as cartooning, gradient blending, and sparse dictionary learning. As you advance, you'll get to grips with face morphing and image segmentation techniques. With an emphasis on practical solutions, this book will help you apply deep learning techniques such as transfer learning and fine-tuning to solve real-world problems. By the end of this book, you'll be proficient in utilizing the capabilities of the Python ecosystem to implement various image processing techniques effectively.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Applying morphological operators to a binary image

Dilation and erosion are two fundamental morphological operators. Erosion removes a pixel layer from the foreground (white) objects' boundaries and thereby shrinks the foreground in a binary image. The small-scale details get removed and the size of the regions of interest gets reduced by erosion in a binary image. On the other hand, dilation adds a pixel layer to the foreground objects' boundaries thereby expanding the foreground. The holes contained inside a single foreground object and gaps in between foreground objects (and boundaries) are reduced.

Many morphological operations can be obtained as combinations of erosion, dilation, and basic set operations (for example, complement). Morphological opening, closing, and hit-or-miss transform are the most popular ones. Opening is an idempotent operation (implemented...