DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE DESIGN FOR ELECTRON IMAGE ANALYSIS

Abstract

<p> The central idea behind digital image processing is quite simple. The digital image is fed into a computer one pixel at a time. The computer is programmed to insert these data into an equation, or series of equations, and then store the results of the computation for each pixel. These results form a new digital image that may be displayed or recorded in pictorial format (specific for the particular image processing system in use) or may itself be further manipulated by additional programs. The possible forms of digital image manipulation are literally infinite. The purpose of this project is to implement some image processing techniques to facilitate the image analysis research conducted in the Institute for Materials Research at McMaster University. </p>