Image processing

Image processing is a method to perform some operations on an image, in order to get an enhanced image or to extract some useful information from it. It is a type of signal processing in which input is an image and output may be image or characteristics/features associated with that image. Nowadays, image processing is among rapidly growing technologies.

Image processing basically includes the following three steps:

• Importing the image via image acquisition tools;

• Analysing and manipulating the image;

• Output in which result can be altered image or report that is based on image analysis.