1.1 What is a digital image?

1.2 Digital image display

1.3 Some key points

1.4 Questions

2.1 Histogram modification and lookup table

2.2 Linear contrast enhancement (LCE)

2.3 Logarithmic and exponential contrast enhancement

2.4 Histogram equalisation (HE)

2.5 Histogram matching (HM) and Gaussian stretch

2.6 Balance contrast enhancement technique (BCET)

2.7 Clipping in contrast enhancement

2.8 Tips for interactive contrast enhancement

2.9 Questions

4.1 FT: Understanding filtering in image frequency

4.2 Concepts of convolution for image filtering

4.3 Low pass filters (smoothing)

4.4 High pass filters (edge enhancement)

4.5 Local contrast enhancement

4.6 FFT selective and adaptive filtering

4.7 Summary

4.8 Questions

5.1 Colour co-ordinate transformation

5.2 IHS de-correlation stretch

5.3 Direct de-correlation stretch technique

5.4 Hue RGB colour composites

5.5 Derivation of RGB-IHS and IHS-RGB transformation based on 3D geometry of the RGB colour cube

5.6 Mathematical proof of DDS and its properties

5.7 Summary

5.8 Questions

6.1 RGB-IHS transformation as a tool for data fusion

6.2 Brovey transform (intensity modulation)

6.3 Smoothing filter-based intensity modulation

6.4 Summary

6.5 Questions

7.1 Principle of the PCA

7.2 PC images and PC colour composition

7.3 Selective PCA for PC colour composition

7.4 De-correlation stretch

7.5 Physical property orientated coordinate transformation and tasselled cap transformation

7.6 Statistical methods for band selection

7.7 Remarks

7.8 Questions

8.1 Approaches of statistical classification

8.2 Unsupervised classification (iterative clustering)

8.3 Supervised classification

8.4 Decision rules: Dissimilarity functions

8.5 Post-classification processing: Smoothing and accuracy assessment

8.6 Summary

8.7 Questions

9.1 Image geometric deformation

9.2 Polynomial deformation model and image warping co-registration

9.3 GCP selection and automation of image co-registration

9.4 Summary

9.5 Questions

10.1 The principle of a radar interferometer

10.2 Radar interferogram and DEM

10.3 Differential InSAR and deformation measurement

10.4 Multi-temporal coherence image and random change detection

10.5 Spatial de-correlation and ratio coherence technique

10.6 Fringe smoothing filter

10.7 Summary

10.8 Questions

11.1 Phase correlation algorithm

11.2 PC scanning for pixel-wise disparity estimation

11.3 Pixel-wise image co-registration

11.4 Very narrow-baseline stereo matching and 3D data generation

11.5 Ground motion/deformation detection and estimation

11.6 Summary