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Digital image processing treats an image as an array of pixel values and applies operations to enhance it, restore it, segment it, extract features or compress it. It underpins medical imaging, remote sensing, industrial inspection, photography and computer vision systems.

Sampling determines how many pixels represent the scene, setting spatial resolution. Quantisation determines how many discrete brightness values each pixel may take, setting intensity resolution. Insufficient sampling causes aliasing, seen as jagged edges or false patterns, while insufficient quantisation causes false contouring, seen as visible bands across otherwise smooth gradients.

Image enhancement improves an image for a particular purpose, whether human viewing or later automated analysis. It includes contrast adjustment, histogram processing, smoothing and sharpening. Enhancement is inherently subjective, since what counts as an improvement depends entirely on the intended use of the image.

Enhancement improves appearance without necessarily modelling what degraded the image. Restoration uses a model of the degradation, such as blur or known noise, and attempts to reverse it to recover something closer to the original scene. Restoration is therefore more objective.

Histogram equalisation remaps grey levels using the cumulative distribution of pixel values, spreading them across the available range to increase contrast. It cannot create detail that was not captured, and it can amplify noise, so it is not always an improvement.

A median filter replaces each pixel with the median of its neighbourhood. It is the standard choice for salt-and-pepper or impulse noise, because a single extreme value does not shift the median, while averaging would spread that outlier across every pixel it touches.

Edge detection finds places where intensity changes sharply, using derivative operators. First derivative operators such as Sobel and Prewitt estimate gradient magnitude and direction; the Laplacian uses the second derivative and responds to zero crossings. Smoothing beforehand is normally required, since differentiation amplifies whatever noise the image contains.

The Canny detector smooths with a Gaussian, computes gradients, thins edges by non-maximum suppression, then applies two thresholds so that weak edges are kept only where they connect to strong ones. This gives thin, well-connected edges and is widely used as a baseline.

The discrete Fourier transform represents an image as spatial frequencies. Low frequencies describe broad intensity structure, while high frequencies describe edges, fine detail and most of the noise. Filtering becomes straightforward in this domain, and periodic interference such as scan-line patterns can be removed selectively.

Convolution slides a small kernel across the image, replacing each pixel with a weighted sum of its neighbourhood. It implements smoothing, sharpening and edge detection. In the frequency domain, convolution corresponds to multiplication, which makes large filters cheaper to apply there.

Segmentation divides an image into regions that correspond to meaningful objects or areas. Methods include thresholding, region growing, watershed transforms, edge-based approaches and learned models. It is usually the hardest stage of a pipeline, because what counts as the correct division depends on the application.

Otsu's method selects a threshold automatically by searching for the value that best separates pixels into two classes, maximising the variance between them. It works well when the histogram has two clear peaks and poorly when illumination is uneven across the image.

Lossless compression reconstructs the original exactly, using methods such as run-length and Huffman coding, and suits medical, legal and scientific images. Lossy compression such as JPEG discards less perceptible information for much smaller files, which is acceptable for general photography.

Morphological operations work on shape using a structuring element. Erosion shrinks regions, dilation expands them, opening removes small objects while preserving larger shapes, and closing fills small gaps. They are applied mainly to binary images after segmentation to clean up results.

Yes. A one-to-one tutor can explain filters, transforms and segmentation, work through histogram and convolution calculations, and help you interpret and present your results. You complete your own assessed work in line with your course rules. Lessons are online and follow your syllabus.