Overview
Aims and Scope This book is both an introductory textbook and a research monograph on modeling the statistical structure of natural images. In very simple terms, “natural images” are photographs of the typical environment where we live. In this book, their statistical structure is described using a number of statistical models whose parameters are estimated from image samples. Our main motivation for exploring natural image statistics is computational m- eling of biological visual systems. A theoretical framework which is gaining more and more support considers the properties of the visual system to be re?ections of the statistical structure of natural images because of evolutionary adaptation processes. Another motivation for natural image statistics research is in computer science and engineering, where it helps in development of better image processing and computer vision methods. While research on natural image statistics has been growing rapidly since the mid-1990s, no attempt has been made to cover the ?eld in a single book, providing a uni?ed view of the different models and approaches. This book attempts to do just that. Furthermore, our aim is to provide an accessible introduction to the ?eld for students in related disciplines.
Full Product Details
Author: Aapo Hyvärinen ,
Jarmo Hurri ,
Patrick O. Hoyer
Publisher: Springer London Ltd
Imprint: Springer London Ltd
Edition: 2009 ed.
Volume: 39
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.945kg
ISBN: 9781848824904
ISBN 10: 1848824904
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 05 June 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
From the reviews: The authors did a wonderful job of introducing the field of natural image statistics, comprehensively. The book provides the underlying fundamental mathematics ! accessible to a wide audience. ! provides exercises and computer assignments at the end of the chapters. ! the advanced topics are treated in a similar manner to basic theory, makes the book suitable to be used as a textbook for advanced students and by researchers in any discipline related to computer vision. (Michael Goldberg and R. Goldberg, ACM Computing Reviews, October, 2010)
From the reviews: The authors did a wonderful job of introducing the field of natural image statistics, comprehensively. The book provides the underlying fundamental mathematics ... accessible to a wide audience. ... provides exercises and computer assignments at the end of the chapters. ... the advanced topics are treated in a similar manner to basic theory, makes the book suitable to be used as a textbook for advanced students and by researchers in any discipline related to computer vision. (Michael Goldberg and R. Goldberg, ACM Computing Reviews, October, 2010)
