Quantitative image analysis

Abstract

In a lot of cases a two-dimensional, flat image can be seen as a question posed to the person observing it. In a case of a police photo, we may want to find out the car model and its license plate number. When it is a ceramic sample under the microscope, it may be the porosity of the sample. And in a case of a patient biopsy, we may look for the proportion of cancerous cells in the tissue. And finally, allowing ourselves the jump into three dimensions, it may be the roughness of a polished surface or some specifics of the processes within a living cell.