ABSTRACT
Introduction 1 1.1 What Is Digital Image Processing? We must begin our journey by taking issue with the philosophical adage that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” It is my belief that a picture cannot begin to convey the depth of human experience and wisdom embedded in the words of Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, Dante, or Moses. A picture cannot convey with due precision the mathematical underpinnings of the discoveries of Galileo or Pascal nor can a picture give expression to the philosophy of Augustine, Plato, or Edwards. Nonetheless, while pictures do not carry the precision of written language, they do contain a wealth of information and have been used throughout the centuries as an important and useful means of communication. An image is a picture representing visual information. A digital image is an image that can be stored in digital form.
