Digital Image Processing for Medical Applications

This book offers a very clear and intuitive approach to the essentials of image processing and its applications to medical imaging. It's superbly written and beautifully illustrated, and includes a greatly detailed selection of color plates. It's a very practical book that guides you to a sophisticated understanding of problems and solutions, without getting too overwhelmed by the math. Each chapter begins with a clear overview and a list of learning objectives so that you know exactly what's covered. Also included are computer-based activities (that use ImageJ) and exercises. The website contains downloads of ImageJ plugins to support each chapter. Overall, Digital Image Processing for Medical Applications, is a thoroughly accessible and highly informative title that may quite possibly be the best of its kind and a must-read for anyone with even the slightest curiosity in medical imaging. Highly recommended!