UNIT 1:
Digital Image fundamentals, A simple image model, Sampling and Quantization. Relationshipbetween pixels. Imaging geometry. Image acquisition systems, Different types of digital images

UNIT 2:
Image transformations, Introduction to Fourier transforms, Discrete Fourier transforms, FastFourier transform, Walsh transformation, Hadmord transformation, Discrete Cosine Transformation

UNIT 3:
Image enhancement, Filters in spatial and frequency domains, Histogram based processing. Image subtraction, Averaging, Image smoothing, Nedion filtering, Low pass filtering, Image sharpening by High pass filtering

UNIT 4:
Image encoding and segmentation, Encoding: Mapping, Quantizer, Coder. Error free compression, Lossy Compression schemes. JPEG Compression standard. Detection of discontinuation by point detection, Line detection, edge detection, Edge linking and boundary detection, Local analysis, Global processing via Hough transforms and graph theoretic techniques

UNIT 5:
Mathematical morphology-Binary, Dilation, crosses, Opening and closing, Simple methods of representation, Signatures, Boundary segments, Skeleton of a region, Polynomial approximation