Foundations of Image Science (eBook)

HARRISON H. BARRETT received a BS in physics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, an MS in Physics from MIT, and a PhD in applied physics from Harvard. Dr. Barrett is a professor in the Optical Sciences Center, the Department of Radiology, and the Program in Applied Mathematics and serves as Director of the Center for Gamma-ray Imaging. The holder of twenty-three U.S. patents, he is the recipient of the IEEE Medical Imaging Scientist Award and a Humboldt Prize and the coauthor, with William Swindell, of Radiological Imaging: The Theory of Image Formation, Detection, and Processing. KYLE J. MYERS received a BS in Mathematics and Physics from Occidental College and an MS and PhD in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. Dr. Myers is the Chief of the Medical Imaging and Computer Applications Branch of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She is a member of the SPIE, the Optical Society of America, and the Medical Image Perception Society (MIPS), and recently served as cochair of the Medical Image Perception Conference sponsored by MIPS.

"...an impressive tour-de-force textbook of imaging systems
that deserves a place on the bookshelves of many radiologists and
students." (Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, July 2005)

"...a worthwhile addition to the armamentarium of any serious
researcher in image science and will be an opt-quoted reference for
many years to come." (Journal of Electrical Imaging,
April-June 2005)

In an article whether educational programs for imaging
physicists should emphasize science of imaging rather than the
technology of imaging, "The new textbook...does appear to be
outstanding. It contains over 1500 pages of text, with probably
about as many equations..." (Medical Physics, October
2004)

"Foundation of Image Science is comprehensive and the
mathematics is rigorous and ubiquitous." (E-Streams,
Vol. 7, No. 5)

"Containing a clear, detailed and general mathematical
description of image formation, representation, and quality
assessment, this book will be of great interest to researches and
graduate students...highly recommended." (Medical
Physics)