Feature Extraction and Image Processing

Introduction 15

information flow during processing. However, the underlying mathematics is not made

clear to the user, as it can be when a mathematical system is used. There is a new textbook,

and a very readable one at that, by Nick Efford (Efford, 2000) which is based entirely on

Java and includes, via a CD, the classes necessary for image processing software development.

A set of WWW links are shown in Table 1.2 for established freeware and commercial

software image processing systems. What is perhaps the best selection can be found at the

general site, from the computer vision homepage software site (repeated later in Table 1.5).

Table 1.2 Software ...