Ioannis Pitas (AUTH)
Ioannis Pitas (AUTH)
This lecture overviews Image Formation, which is of primary importance in ensuring image quality and enabling image processing. It covers the following topics in detail: Light reflection models. Camera structure and models, e.g., Pinhole Camera. Camera Lenses. Image Formation Models. Optical sensors, e.g., CCDs. Image scanners. Image acquisition issues: gamma correction, while balance. Image quantisation and digitisation. Probabilistic Image Description. Image noise and noise generators.