Helping readers master digital imaging, this text presents a unified theoretical basis for understanding and designing methods of imaging and image processing. Designed for newcomers to imaging science and engineering, the book covers the subject in its entirety, from image formation to image perfecting. The author avoids using heavy mathematics and derives all formulas in full detail. To facilitate a deeper understanding of the major results, the book includes a number of exercises supported by MATLAB programs.

Leonid P. Yaroslavsky is a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University. A fellow of the Optical Society of America, Dr. Yaroslavsky has authored more than 100 papers on digital image processing and digital holography.