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Computer-Aided Forensic Facial Comparison

Edited by Martin Paul Evison, Richard W. Vorder Bruegge ...

Countless facial images are generated everyday through digital and cell phone cameras, surveillance video systems, webcams, and traditional film and broadcast video. As a result, law enforcement and intelligence agencies have numerous opportunities to acquire and analyze images that depict persons of interest. Computer-Aided Forensic Facial Comparison is a comprehensive exploration of the ... Read more

$265.00 USD

Countless facial images are generated everyday through digital and cell phone cameras, surveillance video systems, webcams, and traditional film and broadcast video. As a result, law enforcement and intelligence agencies have numerous opportunities to acquire and analyze images that depict persons of interest. Computer-Aided Forensic Facial Comparison is a comprehensive exploration of the
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Pathological Voice Analysis

by David Zhang, Kebin Wu ...

While voice is widely used in speech recognition and speaker identification, its application in biomedical fields is much less common. This book systematically introduces the authors’ research on voice analysis for biomedical applications, particularly pathological voice analysis.Firstly, it reviews the field to highlight the biomedical value of voice. It then offers a comprehensive overview of ... Read more

$170.99 USD

While voice is widely used in speech recognition and speaker identification, its application in biomedical fields is much less common. This book systematically introduces the authors’ research on voice analysis for biomedical applications, particularly pathological voice analysis.Firstly, it reviews the field to highlight the biomedical value of voice. It then offers a comprehensive overview of
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A Beginner’s Guide to Multilevel Image Thresholding

by Venkatesan Rajinikanth, Nadaradjane Sri Madhava Raja, Nilanjan Dey ...

Series series Intelligent Signal Processing and Data Analysis
A Beginner’s Guide to Image Multi-Level Thresholding emphasizes various image thresholding methods that are necessary for image pre-processing and initial level enhancement.Explains basic concepts and the implementation of Image Multi-Level Thresholding (grayscale and RGB images)Presents a detailed evaluation in real-time application, including the need for heuristic algorithm, the choice of ... Read more

$79.99 USD

A Beginner’s Guide to Image Multi-Level Thresholding emphasizes various image thresholding methods that are necessary for image pre-processing and initial level enhancement.Explains basic concepts and the implementation of Image Multi-Level Thresholding (grayscale and RGB images)Presents a detailed evaluation in real-time application, including the need for heuristic algorithm, the choice of
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Electronic Nose: Algorithmic Challenges

by Lei Zhang, Fengchun Tian, David Zhang ...

This book presents the key technology of electronic noses, and systematically describes how e-noses can be used to automatically analyse odours. Appealing to readers from the fields of artificial intelligence, computer science, electrical engineering, electronics, and instrumentation science, it addresses three main areas: First, readers will learn how to apply machine learning, pattern ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This book presents the key technology of electronic noses, and systematically describes how e-noses can be used to automatically analyse odours. Appealing to readers from the fields of artificial intelligence, computer science, electrical engineering, electronics, and instrumentation science, it addresses three main areas: First, readers will learn how to apply machine learning, pattern
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Description Approaches and Automated Generalization Algorithms for Groups of Map Objects

by Haowen Yan ...

This book focuses on the generalization of map features, providing descriptions and classifying groups of map objects into six categories: point clusters, groups of contours, road networks, river networks, continuous areal features and discrete areal features. Discussing the methods and algorithms in map generalization in equal measure, it also describes the approaches for describing map features ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This book focuses on the generalization of map features, providing descriptions and classifying groups of map objects into six categories: point clusters, groups of contours, road networks, river networks, continuous areal features and discrete areal features. Discussing the methods and algorithms in map generalization in equal measure, it also describes the approaches for describing map features
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Media and Radio Signal Processing for Mobile Communications

by Kyunghun Jung, Russell M. Mersereau ...

Get to grips with the principles and practice of signal processing used in mobile communications systems. Focusing particularly on speech, video, and modem signal processing, pioneering experts employ a detailed, top-down analytical approach to outline the network architectures and protocol structures of multiple generations of mobile communications systems, identify the logical ranges where media ... Read more

$96.79 USD

Get to grips with the principles and practice of signal processing used in mobile communications systems. Focusing particularly on speech, video, and modem signal processing, pioneering experts employ a detailed, top-down analytical approach to outline the network architectures and protocol structures of multiple generations of mobile communications systems, identify the logical ranges where media
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Essentials of Digital Signal Processing

by B. P. Lathi, Roger A. Green ...

This textbook offers a fresh approach to digital signal processing (DSP) that combines heuristic reasoning and physical appreciation with sound mathematical methods to illuminate DSP concepts and practices. It uses metaphors, analogies and creative explanations, along with examples and exercises to provide deep and intuitive insights into DSP concepts. Practical DSP requires hybrid systems ... Read more

$138.59 USD

This textbook offers a fresh approach to digital signal processing (DSP) that combines heuristic reasoning and physical appreciation with sound mathematical methods to illuminate DSP concepts and practices. It uses metaphors, analogies and creative explanations, along with examples and exercises to provide deep and intuitive insights into DSP concepts. Practical DSP requires hybrid systems
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Intelligent Systems

Advances in Biometric Systems, Soft Computing, Image Processing, and Data Analytics

Edited by Chiranji Lal Chowdhary ...

This volume helps to fill the gap between data analytics, image processing, and soft computing practices. Soft computing methods are used to focus on data analytics and image processing to develop good intelligent systems. To this end, readers of this volume will find quality research that presents the current trends, advanced methods, and hybridized techniques relating to data analytics and ... Read more

$169.95 USD

This volume helps to fill the gap between data analytics, image processing, and soft computing practices. Soft computing methods are used to focus on data analytics and image processing to develop good intelligent systems. To this end, readers of this volume will find quality research that presents the current trends, advanced methods, and hybridized techniques relating to data analytics and
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Human Activity and Behavior Analysis

Advances in Computer Vision and Sensors: Volume 1

Edited by Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad, Sozo Inoue, Guillaume Lopez, Tahera Hossain ...

Series series Ubiquitous Computing, Healthcare and Well-being
Human Activity and Behavior Analysis relates to the field of vision and sensor-based human action or activity and behavior analysis and recognition. The book includes a series of methodologies, surveys, relevant datasets, challenging applications, ideas, and future prospects.The book discusses topics such as action recognition, action understanding, gait analysis, gesture recognition, behavior ... Read more

$68.99 USD

Human Activity and Behavior Analysis relates to the field of vision and sensor-based human action or activity and behavior analysis and recognition. The book includes a series of methodologies, surveys, relevant datasets, challenging applications, ideas, and future prospects.The book discusses topics such as action recognition, action understanding, gait analysis, gesture recognition, behavior
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New Approaches for Multi-Criteria Analysis in Building Constructions

User-Reporting and Augmented Reality to Support the Investigation

by Valentino Sangiorgio, Luis G. Vargas, Fabio Fatiguso, Francesco Fiorito ...

This book is focused on the challenges of digital transition in building construction, and potential solutions through the use of multi-criteria analysis. It provides clear explanations of proposed approaches from both a theoretical and practical point of view, including augmented reality and user-reporting.New Approaches for Multi-Criteria Analysis in Constructions begins by explaining classic ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This book is focused on the challenges of digital transition in building construction, and potential solutions through the use of multi-criteria analysis. It provides clear explanations of proposed approaches from both a theoretical and practical point of view, including augmented reality and user-reporting.New Approaches for Multi-Criteria Analysis in Constructions begins by explaining classic
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Visual Cryptography and Secret Image Sharing

Edited by Stelvio Cimato, Ching-Nung Yang ...

Series series Digital Imaging and Computer Vision
With rapid progress in Internet and digital imaging technology, there are more and more ways to easily create, publish, and distribute images. Considered the first book to focus on the relationship between digital imaging and privacy protection, Visual Cryptography and Secret Image Sharing is a complete introduction to novel security methods and sharing-control mechanisms used to protect against ... Read more

$115.99 USD

With rapid progress in Internet and digital imaging technology, there are more and more ways to easily create, publish, and distribute images. Considered the first book to focus on the relationship between digital imaging and privacy protection, Visual Cryptography and Secret Image Sharing is a complete introduction to novel security methods and sharing-control mechanisms used to protect against
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Image Recognition and Classification

Algorithms, Systems, and Applications

by Bahram Javidi ...

Series series Optical Science and Engineering
"Details the latest image processing algorithms and imaging systems for image recognition with diverse applications to the military; the transportation, aerospace, information security, and biomedical industries; radar systems; and image tracking systems." ... Read more

$370.00 USD

"Details the latest image processing algorithms and imaging systems for image recognition with diverse applications to the military; the transportation, aerospace, information security, and biomedical industries; radar systems; and image tracking systems."
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Single-Sensor Imaging

Methods and Applications for Digital Cameras

Edited by Rastislav Lukac ...

Series series Image Processing Series
A Decade of Extraordinary GrowthThe past decade has brought a surge of growth in the technologies for digital color imaging, multidimensional signal processing, and visual scene analysis. These advances have been crucial to developing new camera-driven applications and commercial products in digital photography. Single-Sensor Imaging: Methods and Applications for Digital Cameras embraces this ... Read more

$225.00 USD

A Decade of Extraordinary GrowthThe past decade has brought a surge of growth in the technologies for digital color imaging, multidimensional signal processing, and visual scene analysis. These advances have been crucial to developing new camera-driven applications and commercial products in digital photography. Single-Sensor Imaging: Methods and Applications for Digital Cameras embraces this
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The Physics of Medical Imaging

Edited by Jeremy C. Hebden ...

Series series Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
This third edition of The Physics of Medical Imaging provides completely new and comprehensive descriptions of the physical principles and concepts which underpin all the medical imaging technologies found in modern hospitals, including x-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine imaging, and ultrasound. In addition, this edition describes a range of new imaging techniques whose ... Read more

$105.99 USD

This third edition of The Physics of Medical Imaging provides completely new and comprehensive descriptions of the physical principles and concepts which underpin all the medical imaging technologies found in modern hospitals, including x-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine imaging, and ultrasound. In addition, this edition describes a range of new imaging techniques whose
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Mobile Data Visualization

Edited by Bongshin Lee, Raimund Dachselt, Petra Isenberg, Eun Kyoung Choe ...

Series series AK Peters Visualization Series
Mobile Data Visualization is about facilitating access to and understanding of data on mobile devices. Wearable trackers, mobile phones, and tablets are used by millions of people each day to read weather maps, financial charts, or personal health meters. What is required to create effective visualizations for mobile devices? This book introduces key concepts of mobile data visualization and ... Read more

$63.99 USD

Mobile Data Visualization is about facilitating access to and understanding of data on mobile devices. Wearable trackers, mobile phones, and tablets are used by millions of people each day to read weather maps, financial charts, or personal health meters. What is required to create effective visualizations for mobile devices? This book introduces key concepts of mobile data visualization and
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Data Visualization

Principles and Practice, Second Edition

by Alexandru C. Telea ...

Designing a complete visualization system involves many subtle decisions. When designing a complex, real-world visualization system, such decisions involve many types of constraints, such as performance, platform (in)dependence, available programming languages and styles, user-interface toolkits, input/output data format constraints, integration wi ... Read more

$120.99 USD

Designing a complete visualization system involves many subtle decisions. When designing a complex, real-world visualization system, such decisions involve many types of constraints, such as performance, platform (in)dependence, available programming languages and styles, user-interface toolkits, input/output data format constraints, integration wi
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The Handbook of Surface Imaging and Visualization

by Arthur T. Hubbard ...

This exciting new handbook investigates the characterization of surfaces. It emphasizes experimental techniques for imaging of solid surfaces and theoretical strategies for visualization of surfaces, areas in which rapid progress is currently being made. This comprehensive, unique volume is the ideal reference for researchers needing quick access to the latest developments in the field and an ... Read more

$375.00 USD

This exciting new handbook investigates the characterization of surfaces. It emphasizes experimental techniques for imaging of solid surfaces and theoretical strategies for visualization of surfaces, areas in which rapid progress is currently being made. This comprehensive, unique volume is the ideal reference for researchers needing quick access to the latest developments in the field and an
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Computer Vision

Challenges, Trends, and Opportunities

Edited by Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad, Upal Mahbub, Matthew Turk, Richard Hartley ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer Vision
Computer vision has made enormous progress in recent years, and its applications are multifaceted and growing quickly, while many challenges still remain. This book brings together a range of leading researchers to examine a wide variety of research directions, challenges, and prospects for computer vision and its applications.This book highlights various core challenges as well as solutions by ... Read more

$180.00 USD

Computer vision has made enormous progress in recent years, and its applications are multifaceted and growing quickly, while many challenges still remain. This book brings together a range of leading researchers to examine a wide variety of research directions, challenges, and prospects for computer vision and its applications.This book highlights various core challenges as well as solutions by
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A Practical Approach to Medical Image Processing

by Elizabeth Berry ...

Series series Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
The ability to manipulate and analyze pictorial information to improve medical diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy via imaging is a valuable tool that every professional working in radiography, medical imaging, and medical physics should utilize. However, previous texts on the subject have only approached the subject from a programming or computer science viewpoint at a mathematically inaccessible ... Read more

$89.99 USD

The ability to manipulate and analyze pictorial information to improve medical diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy via imaging is a valuable tool that every professional working in radiography, medical imaging, and medical physics should utilize. However, previous texts on the subject have only approached the subject from a programming or computer science viewpoint at a mathematically inaccessible
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Basics of Geomatics

by Mario A. Gomarasca ...

Geomatics is a neologism, the use of which is becoming increasingly widespread, even if it is not still universally accepted. It includes several disciplines and te- niques for the study of the Earth’s surface and its environments, and computer science plays a decisive role. A more meaningful and appropriate expression is G- spatial Information or GeoInformation. Geo-spatial Information embeds ... Read more

$215.99 USD

Geomatics is a neologism, the use of which is becoming increasingly widespread, even if it is not still universally accepted. It includes several disciplines and te- niques for the study of the Earth’s surface and its environments, and computer science plays a decisive role. A more meaningful and appropriate expression is G- spatial Information or GeoInformation. Geo-spatial Information embeds
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SAR Image Interpretation for Various Land Covers

A Practical Guide

by Elizabeth Simms ...

This full color book is a comprehensive visual reference for the interpretation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images with examples of how technological specifications may affect interpretation solutions. It contains a summary review of image acquisition parameters of consequence on the visual representation of objects, introduces traditional interpretation keys under different light and ... Read more

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This full color book is a comprehensive visual reference for the interpretation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images with examples of how technological specifications may affect interpretation solutions. It contains a summary review of image acquisition parameters of consequence on the visual representation of objects, introduces traditional interpretation keys under different light and
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Advances In Digital Handwritten Signature Processing: A Human Artefact For E-society

by Giuseppe Pirlo, Donato Impedovo, Michael Fairhurst ...

In the age of e-society, handwritten signature processing is an enabling technology in a multitude of fields in the “digital agenda” of many countries, ranging from e-health to e-commerce, from e-government to e-justice, from e-democracy to e-banking, and smart cities. Handwritten signatures are very complex signs; they are the result of an elaborate process that depends on the psychophysical ... Read more

$30.99 USD

In the age of e-society, handwritten signature processing is an enabling technology in a multitude of fields in the “digital agenda” of many countries, ranging from e-health to e-commerce, from e-government to e-justice, from e-democracy to e-banking, and smart cities. Handwritten signatures are very complex signs; they are the result of an elaborate process that depends on the psychophysical
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Document Analysis And Text Recognition: Benchmarking State-of-the-art Systems

by Volker Margner, Umapada Pal, Apostolos Antonacopoulos ...

Series Book 82 - Series In Machine Perception And Artificial Intelligence
The compendium presents the latest results of the most prominent competitions held in the field of Document Analysis and Text Recognition. It includes a description of the participating systems and the underlying methods on one hand and the datasets used together with evaluation metrics on the other hand. This volume also demonstrates with examples, how to organize a competition and how to make it ... Read more

$91.99 USD

The compendium presents the latest results of the most prominent competitions held in the field of Document Analysis and Text Recognition. It includes a description of the participating systems and the underlying methods on one hand and the datasets used together with evaluation metrics on the other hand. This volume also demonstrates with examples, how to organize a competition and how to make it
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Advances in Computerized Analysis in Clinical and Medical Imaging

Edited by J Dinesh Peter, Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Carlos Eduardo Thomaz ...

Advances in Computerized Analysis in Clinical and Medical Imaging book is devoted for spreading of knowledge through the publication of scholarly research, primarily in the fields of clinical & medical imaging. The types of chapters consented include those that cover the development and implementation of algorithms and strategies based on the use of geometrical, statistical, physical, functional ... Read more

$73.99 USD

Advances in Computerized Analysis in Clinical and Medical Imaging book is devoted for spreading of knowledge through the publication of scholarly research, primarily in the fields of clinical & medical imaging. The types of chapters consented include those that cover the development and implementation of algorithms and strategies based on the use of geometrical, statistical, physical, functional
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