Preface
The digital revolution has touched most aspects of modern life, including
entertainment, communication, and scientific research. Nowhere has the change
been more fundamental than in the field of microscopy. Researchers who use the
microscope in their investigations have been among the pioneers who applied
digital processing techniques to images. Many of the important digital image
processing techniques that are now in widespread usage were first implemented
for applications in microscopy. At this point in time, digital image processing is
an integral part of microscopy, and only rarely will one see a microscope used
with only visual observation or photography.
The purpose of this book is to bring together the techniques that have proved
to be