In this course, you will learn the science behind how digital images and video are made, altered, stored, and used. We will look at the vast world of digital imaging, from how computers and digital cameras form images to how digital special effects are used in Hollywood movies to how the Mars Rover was able to send photographs across millions of miles of space.
Image and Video Processing: From Mars to Hollywood with a Stop at the Hospital
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Subtitles: English, Russian, Chinese (Simplified)
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Image ProcessingImage CompressionImage RestorationImage Segmentation
Learner Career Outcomes
25%
started a new career after completing these courses
15%
got a tangible career benefit from this course
14%
got a pay increase or promotion
Shareable Certificate
Earn a Certificate upon completion
100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Flexible deadlines
Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
Approx. 20 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: English, Russian, Chinese (Simplified)
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Duke University
Duke University has about 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a world-class faculty helping to expand the frontiers of knowledge. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
2 hours to complete
Introduction to image and video processing
Learn what is image and video processing. Learn the very basic concepts of human perception needed for understanding image processing. Learn simple tools in signal processing needed to understand following units.
2 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 94 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
8 videos
1 - What is image and video processing (part 1)10m
1 - What is image and video processing (part 2)10m
2 - Course logistics2m
3 - Images are everywhere - Duration 06:316m
4 - Human visual system - Duration 17:1017m
5 - Image formation - Sampling & Quantization - Duration 28:1728m
6 - Simple image operations - Duration 17:0517m
1 reading
Optional programming exercises10m
1 practice exercise
Quiz #124m
2 hours to complete
Image and video compression
JPEG and MPEG are the most successful algorithms in the area, widely used by everybody in a daily basis, and the goal of this unit is to understand how they work. Also to understand why these techniques are important and why they are enabling technologies. Also will describe what is done in the Mars expedition.
2 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 114 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
7 videos
2 - Huffman coding - Duration 20:11 - Optional break at 06:5320m
3 - JPEG's 8x8 blocks - Duration 05:375m
4 - The Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) - Duration 25:32 - Optional break at 12:1325m
5 - Quantization - Duration 24:02 - Optional breaks at 08:48 and 17:1824m
6 - JPEG_LS and MPEG - Duration 19:32 - Optional break at 13:4519m
7 - Bonus: Run-length compression - Duration 04:294m
1 reading
Optional programming exercises10m
1 practice exercise
Quiz #220m
2 hours to complete
Spatial processing
Some of the most basic tools in image processing, like median filtering and histogram equalization, are still among the most powerful. We will describe these and provide a modern interpretation of these basic tools. Students will then become familiar with simple and still popular approaches. We will also include non-local means, a more modern technique that still uses classical tools.
2 hours to complete
14 videos (Total 114 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
14 videos
2 - Demo - Enhancement & Histogram modification - Duration 03:533m
3 - Histogram equalization - Duration 19:56 - Optional breaks at 04:40 and 11:3019m
4 - Histogram matching - Duration 08:318m
5 - Introduction to local neighborhood operations - Duration 06:466m
6 - Mathematical properties of averaging - Duration 11:0011m
7 - Non-Local means - Duration 07:277m
8 - IPOL Demo - Non-Local means - Duration 03:383m
9 - Median filter - Duration 07:207m
10 - Demo - Median filter - Duration 01:311m
11 - Derivatives, Laplacian & Unsharp masking - Duration 14:24 - Optional breaks at 05:21 and 11:3314m
12 - Demo - Unsharp masking - Duration 03:103m
13 - Gradients of scalar and vector images - Duration 05:575m
14 - Concluding remarks - Duration 01:121m
1 reading
Optional programming exercises10m
1 practice exercise
Quiz #320m
2 hours to complete
Image restoration
The goal of this unit is to complement Unit 3 by adding prior information about the sources of degradation. Students will learn that if we know about the degradation process, we can do better. The objective of this unit is to complete the training with basic and powerful classical tools.
2 hours to complete
9 videos (Total 67 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
9 videos
2 - Noise types - Duration 12:4312m
3 - Demo - Types of noise - Duration 03:033m
4 - Noise and histograms - Duration 04:524m
5 - Estimating noise - Duration 10:41 - Optional break at 05:0310m
6 - Degradation Function - Duration 11:4011m
7 - Wiener filtering - Duration 12:34 - Optional break at 06:5412m
8 - Demo - Wiener and Box filters - Duration 03:193m
9 - Concluding remarks - Duration 00:3333s
1 reading
Optional programming exercises10m
1 practice exercise
Quiz #416m
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING: FROM MARS TO HOLLYWOOD WITH A STOP AT THE HOSPITAL
by YCJun 1, 2017
Very informative very useful and exciting course. Programming exercises must be included as compulsory assignments. I think it is really necessary and it will be extremely helpful to understand better
by ASOct 10, 2018
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by RKMar 25, 2020
This is an excellent course for understanding a lot of details on Image Processing. After this course, the more you apply the techniques learned, the more you make progress in the research field.
by MSMar 1, 2020
I learnt a lot of new information about image and techniques to do modifications and manipulation to them. The videos also polished some of my previous knowledge on image processing. Thanks.
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Will I have fun?
Yes
Do I need strong math background for this class?
Some but not much. If you have you will get a more in depth understanding. We hope you know linear algebra for example. Again, some concepts you will grasp even without strong mathematical background. Some will consider this an advanced undergrad class.
Who uses image processing in industry?
Who doesn't?
Do I need any programming skills?
We suggest some optional (not graded) programming exercises. The forums discuss them a lot and this is fun.
Will I receive a transcript from Duke University for completing this course?
No. Completion of a Coursera course does not earn you academic credit from Duke; therefore, Duke is not able to provide you with a university transcript. However, your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.
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