Introduction to Color Imaging Science Color imaging technology has become almost ubiquitous in modern life in the form of color photography, color monitors, color printers, scanners, and digital cameras. This book is a comprehensive guide to the scientific and engineering principles of color imaging. It covers the physics of color and light, how the eye and physical devices capture color images, how color is measured and calibrated, and how images are processed. It stresses physical principles and includes a wealth of real-world examples. The book will be of value to scientists and engineers in the color imaging industry and, with homework problems, can also be used as a text for graduate courses on color imaging. H SIEN-C HE L EE received his B.S. from National Taiwan University in 1973 and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 1981. He then worked for 18 years at Kodak Research Laboratories in Rochester, New York. There he did research on digital color image processing, color science, human color vision, medical imaging, and computer vision. He is now Senior Vice President of Advanced Imaging at Foxlink Peripherals, Inc., Fremont, California. With more than 20 years of research and product development experience in imaging science, he has given many lectures and short courses on color imaging, color science, and computer vision at various universities and research institutes. He ha hass pu publ blis ishe hed d ma many ny tec techn hnic ical al pa pape pers rs an and d ha hass 14 US pa pate tent ntss in in inve vent ntio ions ns rel relat ated ed to co colo lor r imaging science.
Introduction to
Color Imaging Science HSIEN-CHE LEE
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This book is dedicated with love and gratitude to my mother, my wife Hui-Jung, and my daughter Joyce for their many, many years of help, support, patience, and understanding
