This page is a part of CVprimer.com, a wiki devoted to computer vision. It focuses on low level computer vision, digital image analysis, image processing, and applications. It is designed as an online textbook intended for beginners. The wiki contains discussion of mathematics, algorithms, source code, image analysis software, books, and some related topics. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact me directly. -- Peter

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Digital Image Analysis Made Simple

The current image analysis and computer vision technology is a very large collection of disparate “tools” in the form of “toolboxes”, “cookbooks”, or code libraries. It follows the following outdated "middleman" paradigm:

In this tutorial we take care of the "Mathematical tools" part above so that the user - a researcher or an engineer without a lot of computing background - is able streamline his work flow:

We accomplish this goal with our image analysis software called Pixcavator. It is as easy to operate as a calculator and its output gives the user the most important data: objects in the image, their locations, measurements, etc.

If you also want to understand how everything works, this site gives you a unique chance. We have complete and detailed expositions of the science and methods behind Pixcavator. The tutorial is integrated with numerous examples of image analysis in industry and science.

The presentation is very accessible and relies only on elementary math...

How To Use This Tutorial

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