DSP Reviewer
Why digital image processing?
Analog
● Hard copy, printouts
● Human interpretation
Digital
● Matrix of pixels
● Computer analysis
Stages of digital image processing
Pre-processing → Image segmentation → Feature extraction
Key application areas
● Communications, military, biomedical, data compression, financial analysis, other
sciences
Audio processing application
● Digital audio filtering
● Nonlinear audio processing
● Speech pattern recognition
Image processing application
● Image filtering & enhancement
● Spatial transformation
● Morphological operations
● Image & video compression
● Image pattern recognition
Benefits of DSP
● Guaranteed accuracy
● Perfect reproducibility
● No drift in performance with temperature/age
● Improves with semiconductor technology
● Greater flexibility
● Superior performance
● Most machine utilizes digital info
Constraints of DSP
● Speed & cost
● Design time
● Finite word length problems
MRI – a medical imaging technique that uses a magnetic field and computer-generated radio
waves to create detailed images of the organs and tissues in your body.
EEG – a test used to evaluate the electrical activity in the brain.
EKG or ECG – records the electrical signal from your heart to check for different heart
conditions.
Signal – are physical quantities that vary with time, space, or any other independent variable(s).
Continuous signal – can take any value on the x-axis (time axis).
Discrete signal
● can only take finite values on the x-axis.
● plotted using the step-stem plot function.
Analog signal
● takes any value on the y-axis (amplitude axis)
● continuous signal is also an analog signal
Digital signal – can only take fix values on the y-axis
Deterministic signal
● can be represented by a mathematical expression, and are able to predict the value at
any given instant of time.
● Examples are sinusoidal signal or an em signal.
Random signal
● can’t be represented by a mathematical expression, and can’t predict any value at any
given instant of time.
● Examples are signals generated from earthquakes and simple voice signals.
Even
● are symmetric around the vertical axis.
● identical to its time reverse counterpart
Odd – symmetric about the origin
Periodic
● repeats at certain intervals of time
● provide a vital rule for signal analysis and calculation
Aperiodic – does not repeat with respect to time
Periodic signal (CT)
● a continuous time signal x(t) is a periodic if there exists a positive real t for which
x ( t )=x (t +mt ) for all value of t and integer m.
● their integers are considered in terms of the value of m, ranging from –∞ to +∞ and
does not include any decimal values.
Periodic signal (DT)
● a discrete time signal x(n) is a periodic if there exists a positive integer N for which
x [n]=x [n+ mM ] for all value of n and integer m.
● defined as a function of N (step or intervals) and no longer as a function of time.