The focus of this book is on providing a thorough treatment of image processing with an emphasis on those aspects most used in computer graphics. Throughout, the authors concentrate on describing and analysing the underlying concepts rather than on presenting algorithms or pseudocode. As befits a modern introduction to this topic, a healthy balance is struck between discussing the underlying mathematics of the subject and the main topics covered: signal processing, data discretization, the theory of colour and different colour systems, operations in images, dithering and half-toning, warping and morphing, and image processing.

1 Introduction.- 2 Signal Theory.- 3 Fundamentals of Color.- 4 Color Systems.- 5 Digital Images.- 6 Operations on Images.- 7 Sampling and Reconstruction.- 8 Digital Halftoning.- 9 Combining Images.- 10 Warping and Morphing.- 11 Image Systems.- 12 Appendix: Radiometry and Photometry.- Master Bibliography.