Designed for a one semester course, the aim of this book is to concentrate on the principles and techniques of image processing. This second edition includes important updates to the first edition, as well as two entirely new chapters, making the book ideal for advanced students in physics and engineering.
P.K.Thiruvikraman is currently Professor of Physics at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. He has nearly two decades of experience in teaching courses from many areas of Physics apart from Digital Image Processing. The author has a Ph.D in Physics from Mangalore University and a Masters degree in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. During his teaching career he has come to realize that most subjects which are typically offered by different departments are intimately interrelated. He tries to convey this to students in his lectures by quoting examples from different areas of Science and Technology. An avid reader of both fiction and non-fiction and a sports and movie enthusiast, he tries to use these also to enliven his classes.