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Good for Computed Tomography
Well, I'm using this book as a reference text for the graduate medical imaging systems course. It's relatively an out of date book, but it covers the most important aspects of Computed Tomography. If you're used to "easy to read" books which are published a lot these days, you'll find the language of this book a little complicated with relatively strange notations. But once you get used to it, you'll definitly enjoy your reading.
At any rate, if you're ready for some math and advanced calculus and you want to learn about the basics of CT, it worths trying.

Good overview of imaging techniques
This book gives a clear, usable overview of many imaging techniques currently in use for medical imaging.It is not for laymen, as it delves into the mathematical basis for the techniques.However, for an engineer there is a satisying amount of detail with a concise overview.

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HELLO,
MY NAME IS AZAEL AND I LIKE TO KNOW THE ITEMS THAT Medical Imaging Systems BOOK.

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Color Management serves as a comprehensive guide to the implementation of the ICC (International Color Consortium) profile specification, widely used for maintaining color fidelity across multi-media imaging devices and software. The book draws together many of the White Papers produced by the ICC to promote the use of color management and disseminate good practice; the ICC specification has become widely accepted within the color industry, and these papers have been updated, expanded and edited for this collection. Other chapters comprise material that will go on to form future ICC White Papers, as well as some original content. The ICC review process ensures that the material and recommendations included are collaborative, reflecting the input of the wide community of color and imaging scientists and developers who make up its membership. Readers can be assured of the best advice for achieving optimum results.

• Provides an overview of color management in applications and the role of ICC profiles in a color reproduction system.
• Presents user guidelines on color measurement procedures and discusses measurement issues for media such as optically-brightened papers and inkjet prints.
• Offers comprehensive guidance on the latest version of the specification and the application of the perceptual rendering intent with its reference gamut.
• Examines the construction and benefits of different types of ICC profiles, and sets out compliance test considerations, implementation notes and evaluation of profile quality.
• Includes a glossary of terms.

This book is written for color and imaging scientists developing, implementing and using color management systems within a range of imaging devices and software. Senior undergraduate and postgraduate students will also find the book of use.

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Biomedical image analysis has become a major aspect of engineering sciences, and radiology in particular has become a dominant player in the field. Recent developments have made it possible to use biomedical imaging to view the human body from an anatomical or physiological perspective in a non-invasive fashion. Computer-aided diagnosis consists of developing algorithms and intelligent software components that can automatically process images and spot potential irregularities in the health chain.

The aim of this book is to explain the process of biomedical imaging, from image acquisition to automated diagnosis. This process consists of three thematic areas. The first is dedicated to the acquisition process and the underlying properties of images from a physics-oriented perspective. The second part addresses the dominant state-of-the-art methodologies behind content extraction and interpretation of medical images. The third section presents an application-based example, which develops solutions to address the particular needs of various diagnoses.

This complete volume is an exceptional tool for radiologists, research scientists, senior undergraduate and graduate students in health sciences and engineering, and university professors. This book offers a unique guide to the entire chain of biomedical imaging, explaining how image formation is done, and how the most appropriate algorithms are used to address demands and diagnoses.

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This textbook deals with the analysis and design of imaging systems and image processing systems. It contains the background material necessary for understanding both the physics of such systems and the way in which the designs accommodate the visual perception of the observer. The mathematics of converting optical images to electrical signals and vice versa is emphasized and stress is laid on the point that the quality of such conversions can only be judged subjectively. The material is accessible to senior undergraduates and first year graduate students. A knowledge of elementary physics, calculus, and linear systems theory is assumed, but an extensive mathematical and statistical background is not required. This second edition has been updated and includes two new chapters, on colour and the design of improved television systems, and there is also an appendix describing the current status of high-definition television throughout the world. ... Read more

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Over the past decade there have been major advancements both in the development and the application of neuro-imaging techniques. Using the tools of positron emission tomography (PET), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG), researchers have made significant gains in the area of functional brain research, yielding an enormous increase of scientific literature.

However, our understanding of brain processes remains limited, and we have only taken the first small steps toward exploring and comprehending brain function. The present volume showcases contributions of scientists from premier research institutions of the USA, Australia and India highlighting research undertaken in applications of brain imaging technology and to understand the developmental brain processes in humans. It presents advances in areas of developmental neurosciences in combination with cutting edge technology that could help in understanding the functioning of the human brain, starting from the foetus. The volume will be very useful to postgraduates, researchers and scientists in the fields of developmental neuroscience and neuro-imaging.

Contents:

Attention, Awareness and Meditation * Infant Information Processing and Family History of Specific Language Impairment * Development of Self-regulation * Structural Variability of Human Auditory Cortices: Does it Matter? * Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brain Lateralisation Changes Associated with Normal Language Development * Prenatal Auditory Stimulation * Maturation of the Human Auditory Pathway During Prenatal and Early Postnatal Period * Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotional Memory * Language Organisation in Bilinguals

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Super-Resolution Imaging serves as an essential referencefor both academicians and practicing engineers. It can be used both asa text for advanced courses in imaging and as a desk reference forthose working in multimedia, electrical engineering, computer science,and mathematics. The first book to cover the new research area of super-resolutionimaging, this text includes work on the following groundbreakingtopics:+Image zooming based on wavelets andgeneralized interpolation;+Super-resolution from sub-pixelshifts;+Use of blur as a cue;+Use of warping insuper-resolution;+Resolution enhancement using multipleapertures;+Super-resolution from motion data;+ Super-resolution from compressed video;+Limits insuper-resolution imaging.Written by the leading experts in the field, Super-ResolutionImaging presents a comprehensive analysis of current technology,along with new research findings and directions for future work. ... Read more

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Collection of papers
This book is a small collection of the papers published in the area. Take a look at the author list, download or photocopy their related papers, you would have more than this book gives. ... Read more

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Not all amateur astronomers who live in a suburban location realize just how very effective a ‘chilled-chip’ astronomical CCD-camera and software can be at cutting through seemingly impenetrable light-pollution. CCD Astrophotography from the Suburbs details one man’s approach to the problem of getting high-quality astronomical images under light-polluted conditions. Adam Stuart has written this reference book for all amateur astronomers who are interested in CCD imaging, especially those who have to work under suburban conditions. The book outlines the materials and (commercially-available) equipment used for high-quality imaging. The many wonderful images Dr. Stuart has produced allow the reader to see the product of – initially – a fellow beginner’s efforts. The glorious images found in numerous books, and especially those seen in Sky and Telescope magazine – might seem out of reach. But this is not really the case. Respectable images are attainable with modest equipment. This book outlines a complete and thoroughly tested working program for every beginner to achieve high-quality digital imaging.

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Interesting guide for beginners
This book is giving a great picture of all aspects for CCD Astrophotography. It is a very good guide for Begineers!

Don't waste your money
This book is basically broken down into two parts.The first 80 pages are all about the author's equipment and setup.The second 80 pages are images he took. The first part may be useful if you have the exact same equipment but, if not, you won't get anything out of it.His images range from mediocre to great, but there is no information on how he captured or processed them.In short, this is just a great big pat on the back by the author for the author.Don't waste your money, you'll get nothing for it.

Don't buy this book
What a disappointment... this book was not useful to me for any purpose other than to read about the equipment & software used by the author.It's nothing more than a chronology and documentary on the equipment HE owns and uses, but there is absolutely no information on HOW to use it.I was expecting and/or hoping for "reference" type information, but the book is essentially useless for this purpose.The author will tell you everything you want to know about HIS equipment and setup (in a manner that goes over the head of nearly all beginners) but does absolutely nothing to educate you on how to effectively take "high quality astrophotography from the suburbs".Even worse, half of the book contains nothing more than photos that he took, but there is no information on technique.If you want a "guided tour" of the author's setup, then you'll love the book, but if you want to know anything at all about how to use it, or even better... how to use your own or other equipment, absolutely positively 100% stay away from this book.I think the book is a scam-- to get you to buy and use equipment owned by the author.I wonder if the different equipment manufacturers and vendors pay the guy to name-drop and "advertise" in his book.What a disappointment.

Getting Better
At first I did not like the book much and it sat on my shelve. I revisited it recently and have changed my mind. There is a lot of information contained within its pages. It may not be the best laid out book for beginners and the Observatory section needs to be dropped, never the less if you read through it you can learn a lot. It is with out doubt an improvement on some of the astrophotography books in the Practical Astronomy series, some of which should never have been printed but there is still room for a good intro book in this area.

I am a little bit disappointed
I could hardly wait for this book because I live next to a more than 2 million-city (Budapest) in Hungary and half of the night sky is terrible from my backyard; so the main reason behind my ordering this book was its subtitle.

But the truth is that only the very first section (seven pages incl. pictures and PC screenshots) of this book deals with this problem and that is just a kind of approach from bird's eye view; the rest of the text is a "normal" and elementary level astro-photo book. (And I have much better astro photography and image processing sources as Wodarski or Berry&Burnell...)

At the same time, there are too many pictures (roughly 1/3 of the book!!!) as sample image collection. Some of them are really very nice shots and some others are poor but without any explanations regarding the features of their capture and/or image processing.

So this book is not bad at all but I can recommend it for beginners only as another overview about new technology of astro-photography and there is nothing special in it. ... Read more

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This text on contemporary optical systems is intended for optical researchers and engineers, graduate students and optical microscopists in the biological and biomedical sciences. In three sections, the book discusses high-aperture optical systems, nonlinear optical techniques, and various techniques that are finding new applications. The new second edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded to account for new advances in fluorescence imaging and diffractive optical lenses.

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Solid-State Imaging with Charge-Coupled Devices coversthe complete imaging chain: from the CCD's fundamentals to theapplications. The book is divided into four main parts: the firstdeals with the basics of the charge-coupled devices in general. Thesecond explains the imaging concepts in close relation to theclassical television application. Part three goes into detail on newdevelopments in the solid-state imaging world (light sensitivity,noise, device architectures), and part four rounds off the discussionwith a variety of applications and the imager technology.
The book is a reference work intended for all who deal with one ormore aspects of solid- state imaging: the educational, scientific andindustrial world. Graduates, undergraduates, engineers and techniciansinterested in the physics of solid-state imagers will find the answersto their imaging questions. Since each chapter concludes with a shortsection `Worth Memorizing', reading this short summary allows readersto continue their reading without missing the main message from theprevious section.
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The only complete CCD text / resource book.
This book could have been better. But considering how many books on CCDs are actually available - this book is too good to be true. It is fairlyin-depth and deals with a broad array of topics. Processing (eg. dopinglevels etc) perspective should have been better.

A very comprehansive one of its kind book.
A good book which has all the info regarding imaging applications of CCDs. ... Read more

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A must-read for anyone working in electronics in the healthcare sector

This one-of-a-kind book addresses state-of-the-art integrated circuit design in the context of medical imaging of the human body. It explores new opportunities in ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine (PET, SPECT), emerging detector technologies, circuit design techniques, new materials, and innovative system approaches.

Divided into four clear parts and with contributions from a panel of international experts, Medical Imaging systematically covers:

• X-ray imaging and computed tomography–X-ray and CT imaging principles; Active Matrix Flat Panel Imagers (AMFPI) for diagnostic medical imaging applications; photon counting and integrating readout circuits; noise coupling in digital X-ray imaging

• Nuclear medicine–SPECT and PET imaging principles; low-noise electronics for radiation sensors

• Ultrasound imaging–Electronics for diagnostic ultrasonic imaging

• Magnetic resonance imaging–Magnetic resonance imaging principles; MRI technology

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Excelente Libro
Este libro es muy actualizado en cuanto a los ultimos adelantos tecnológicos relacionados a la instrumentación médica de imagen, su enfoque (desde el punto de vista tecnológico) es muy útil para los ingenieros y técnicos que trabajan en estea materia, o que desean conocer acerca de la materia.
Actualmente estoy usando este libro como texto para clases y lo he encontrado muy útil sobre todo por los gráficos de los equipos. ... Read more

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For courses in medical imaging systems. With signal processing as its foundation, this text covers the most important imaging modalities in radiology: projection radiography, x-ray computed tomography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging. Organized into parts to emphasize key overall conceptual divisions, Medical Imaging is most appropriate for engineering students who have taken the prerequisite signals and systems courses as well as elementary probability. ... Read more

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Excellent Book
This book is awesome. Being a grad student trying to learn concepts, it takes you from A-Z, without assuming prior knowledge/ experience with medical imaging technologies.Written for an electrical engineer. Good addition to my library!

Amazon delivered it within a week. ... Read more

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The JPEG 2000 Suite provides a comprehensive overview of the baseline JPEG 2000 standard and its extensions. The first part of the book sets out the core coding system, additions to the standard and reference software. The second part discusses the successful deployment of JPEG 2000 in application domains such as video surveillance, digital cinema, digital television, medical imaging, defence imaging, security, geographic imaging and remote sensing, digital culture imaging and 3D graphics. The book also presents implementation strategies accompanied by existing software and hardware solutions.

• Describes secure JPEG 2000 (JPSEC), interactivity protocols (JPIP), volumetric image data compression (JP3D) and image compression in wireless environments (JPWL), amongst others.
• Uses a structure which allows for easy cross-reference with the components of the standard.
• Sets out practical implementation examples and results.
• Examines strategies for future image compression techniques, including Advanced Image Coding and JPEG XR. 
• Includes contributions from international specialists in industry and academia who have worked on the development of the JPEG 2000 standard.
• Additional material can be found at www.jpeg.org.

The JPEG 2000 Suite is an excellent introduction to the JPEG 2000 standard and is of great appeal to practising electronics engineers, researchers, and hardware and software developers using and developing image coding techniques. Graduate students taking courses on image compression, digital archiving, and data storage techniques will also find the book useful, as will graphic designers, artists, and decision makers in industries developing digital applications. ... Read more

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This is a very brief/abstract book about JPEG2000
If you are the newbie to JPEG2000 --> stay away from this book. If you are in mediate and up level in JPEG2000 --> you don't need this book. So let me give you some reasons here
1) The book's chapter 1 mention about the core coding system of JPEG2000 (which is the most important part) in very very brief way. I got this book after I got a decent knowledge about J2K from Taubman's book and Acharya's book but when I read this book Iam totally disappointed. If you have not know anything about JPEG 2000 then you will not know what do they talk about in the chapter 1 since they just introduce the concepts very briefly. If you already know about JPEG 2000 then the information you got in chapter 1 is useless. I think the editor board of the book made a wrong decision when they just briefly talk about the code coding engine of J2K. Since there are lots of complicated core concepts in J2K, without knowing them you cannot go forward to more advanced and extension parts.

2) From chapter 2 to 18 ( 18 chapters! man) they mainly discuss about different extension parts of J2K which you don't need if you are trying to know the core coding engine. Any similar to chapter 1, all of the remained chapters were written very briefly. I guess you need to look at much more material to have enough knowledge to actually implement something. The book just about very brief concepts, no more or less. You cannot rely on the book to obtain enough information for practical implementation.

3) Over all I think they made a wrong decision when they try to cover to much stuffs in the book so that it become a half-baked book!

So my suggestion is if you want to know about J2K you may want to spend your time (hardly) with Taubman's book JPEG2000: Image Compression Fundamentals, Standards and Practice (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) and Acharya's book JPEG2000 Standard for Image Compression: Concepts, Algorithms and VLSI Architectures or go google for tutorials, presentations about J2K from academic research groups. Stay away from this book. Taubman, I guess, may be a mathematician :D wrote a very deep-inside book about J2K but the bad thing is he introduced everything too formally with tons of mathematic equation and notation which will cause your mind to be crashed :D. But if you combine his book with "more-abstract" book from Acharya, you may get some clues :). According to me, Taubman's book is most detail book about J2K upto now but also it is the most hark-to-read and complicated book :).

Another suggestion is you should combine reading the book and look @ the code from OpenJPEG open source J2K project or Kakadu project... to know better the concepts. ... Read more

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This book is an up to date, introductory treatment of geometrical optics, from the point of view of the future optics practitioner. The principles of gaussian optics and first-order layout and design are emphasized, based on the tracing of two paraxial rays and the associated optical invariant. The radiometry of lens systems is seen to rest on the same concepts. Third order aberration theory is developed in detail. Complete examples of third order design are provided, together with software tools that allow the reader to follow the examples in detail, or to develop other examples independently. Throughout the book, the understanding of fundamental principles is given preference over the mere following of recipes. Several problems at the end of each chapter allow the student to practice and extend the concepts taught. In addition to Gaussian optics and aberrations, the basic principles of several types of optical instruments and components are treated, including gradient index and diffractive optics. A complete yet simple treatment of gaussian beams is included, that is also based on two paraxial rays and the optical invariant. The book concludes with an outline of the optical design process and solved design problems. ... Read more

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Optical Design review
This is a great book for the optical design student.The problem sets are challenging and test the student's ability to realize some of the more subtle points in optical design.Great sections on aberration theory. ... Read more

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Prospecting for oil begins with seismic soundings. The echoes are computer processed into images that reveal much about the earth's geological history. "Imaging the Earth's Interior" describes the image-making process. Professor Claerbout was the first to use the wave equation of physics directly in the image-making process, and his finite difference implementation quickly became an industry standard. His graduate research group at Stanford University has been at the forefront of subsequent developments, many of which are described in this book. It is intended for students entering earth sciences from other areas, earth science professionals, and professionals in other fields in which waves and images are studied. It will also be useful to data recording engineers and to geologists who need to understand the opportunities and limitations of image creation and enhancement processes. The book strikes a balance between current industry practice and unrealized research goals. ... Read more

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Forensic Photography and Imaging delivers practical methodologies of recording physical evidence using the best of both technologies. The digital revolution has profoundly affected the methods of detecting and documenting physical evidence. This book illustrates specialized applications of photography and imaging for crime scene and physical evidence investigation and covers the basic principles of light science and digital photography. With numerous photographs and drawings to illustrate concepts, the text covers pathology, radiology, and new imaging techniques such as NMR and chemical imaging. This text also addresses legal issues that arise with the use of digital imaging. ... Read more

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Presents the most recent developments in the materials, properties, and performance characteristics of photographic, electrophotographic, electrostatic, diazo, and ink jet imaging applications. ... Read more

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"Hills is probably the best person I can think of to write this book. He has the deepest background combined with considerable experience in solving problems with food." -R. G. Bryant, University of Virginia.

Food scientists have many excellent tools at their disposal with which to study food at both the micro- and macrostructural levels. But, when it comes to analyzing dynamic structural changes in food during processing and storage, none can compare with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Still a very young approach, MRI food imaging has contributed greatly to recent advances in food science, and promises to yield much more valuable information in the years ahead. Written by a leading pioneer in the field, Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Food Science covers the latest in MRI food imaging theory and practice.

Written primarily for food scientists and engineers, the book offers a practical, unified approach to the subject. Material is organized in three main parts corresponding to the distances of scale probed by MRI studies-namely, the macroscopic, microscopic, and macromolecular. Throughout, the emphasis is on ways in which studies of food undergoing processes can be modeled using the equations of heat, mass, and momentum transport, and how those models can be used in process design optimization programs.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Food Science provides researchers with the most up-to-date, detailed coverage of:
* Traditional and cutting-edge MRI food imaging techniques and technologies, including STRAFI, gradient-echo imaging, and functional imaging
* Whole plant functional imaging, flow imaging and rheology, and other specialized MRI applications
* The roles of food microstructure and molecular relaxation mechanisms in controlling moisture and heat transport
* Techniques for modeling structural changes during food processing.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Food Science is an important working resource for all researchers engaged in the never-ending struggle to produce safer, higher-quality foods more efficiently. ... Read more

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Visualization is the art of transforming normally invisible phenomena into visual measurable events by utilizing, for example, fluid or solid tracers, refractory techniques, or by changing wavelengths. Imaging involves recreation of the image of the physical entity from data-sets generated by the various imaging techniques - interferometry, CT, MRI, or ultrasound, as well as other visualization techniques. The papers in this volume examine: object recognition and feature extraction; shape analysis, 3D reconstruction and restoration; pattern recognition; digital imaging processing; neural networks; molecular and cellular motion and transport; tissue and organ characterization; tomography, surface potential and signal analysis. ... Read more