Code: 9A04802

B.Tech IV Year I Semester (R09) Regular & Supplementary Examinations December/January 2013/14

DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING

(Electronics & Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 Define the following with respect to relationship between pixels in an image. i) Neighbors of a pixel. ii) Adjacency. iii) Path. iv) Region. v) Boundary. (a) Write about the discrete cosine transforms and hence its properties. (b) Prove the least mean square error property of KL transforms. (a) Explain in detail about spatial filtering. (b) Explain how histogram processing is adapted to local enhancement? (a) With the help of a block diagram explain the basics of filtering in frequency domain. (b) Write about the Band pass and band reject filters & their usage in enhancement process. With the help of degradation / restoration model explain the process of restoration, and hence derive an expression for least mean square error restoration filter. (a) Write about edge detection and edge linking. (b) Explain the region growing method of segmentation. Explain the three types of redundancies in images and suggest a technique for each to eliminate these redundancies. (a) Discuss about various color models for images. (b) Explain in detail about full color images processing. Max. Marks: 70

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Code: 9A04802

B.Tech IV Year I Semester (R09) Regular & Supplementary Examinations December/January 2013/14

DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING

(Electronics & Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 (a) Explain the process of digitizing an image. (b) Discuss the effects reducing the spatial and gray level resolutions. (a) Discuss dimensionality of image transforms in terms of their Kronecker product separability. (b) Explain the basic principle of fast algorithms used to compute image transforms. (a) Discuss image enhancement through piecewise linear intensity transformation functions. (b) Interpret how image enhancement is achieved through histogram equalization process. (a) Explain the image enhancement process using Laplacian in the frequency domain. (b) Explain why there is ringing effect in ideal filters and also justify that Gaussian filters are free from ringing. With the help of an image degradation / restoration model explain the restoration process and hence derive an expression for inverse filter used for restoration. (a) Define the concept of thresholding and hence differentiate between global, local and adaptive thresholding. (b) Explain how segmentation is done using thresholding process? (a) What is data compression? And hence define the following terms: i) Relative data redundancy. ii) Compression ratio. (b) With the help of an example explain about coding redundancy. What is Pseudo color image processing? Explain a method for Pseudo color image processing. Max. Marks: 70

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Code: 9A04802

B.Tech IV Year I Semester (R09) Regular & Supplementary Examinations December/January 2013/14

DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING

(Electronics & Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 (a) Explain the basic principle of acquiring an image. (b) With the help of an image formation model explain how the illumination and reflectance component influence the image? (a) What are image transforms? (b) State and prove the properties of unitary transforms. Define histogram of an image. And hence explain image enhancement using histogram processing. (a) Discuss image sharpening in frequency domain. (b) Compare the sharpening process of Ideal, Butterworth and Gaussian filters. With the help of an image degradation /restoration model explain the restoration process and hence explain various methods of estimating the degradation function. (a) Explain the process of thresholding. (b) Signify the role of illumination and reflectance in segmentation using thresholding. (a) Discuss in detail transform coding technique. (b) Explain the image compression standard JPEG. What are color models? Write about the following color models and their importance with respect to an application. a) RGB. b) HSI. c) CMY. Max. Marks: 70

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Code: 9A04802

B.Tech IV Year I Semester (R09) Regular & Supplementary Examinations December/January 2013/14

DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING

(Electronics & Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 (a) What is digital image processing and what are the components of a image processing system? (b) Discuss some of the fields that use image processing. (a) What are fast image transforms? Explain how computations reduced using these transforms. (b) Compare various image transforms. (a) Explain the mechanics of spatial filtering. (b) Discuss image sharpening in spatial domain. (a) Derive a correspondence between spatial and frequency domain filtering. (b) Justify that homomorphic filtering enhances image by simultaneously intensity range compression and contrast enhancement. (a) With the help of an image degradation / restoration model explain the restoration. (b) Compare inverse filter and Wiener filter used for restoration. (a) Write about edge detection and edge linking. (b) Explain the basic approach of using motion in segmentation process. (a) With the help of a block diagrams explain the compression system. (b) Write about bit plane coding. (a) Discuss the processing techniques applicable to full color images. (b) Explain the histogram processing of color images. Max. Marks: 70

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