Artificial neural image processing applications: A survey

Abstract

Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) have been useful for decades to the development of Image Processing algorithms applied to several different fields, such as science, engineering, industry, security and medicine. This close relationship between ANNs and Image Processing has motivated a study of 160 papers that propose and deal with said algorithms. The information contained in these papers is analyzed, commented and then classified according to its contribution and applications. Then, some important aspects of recent visual cortex-based ANN models are described to finally discuss about the conclusions reached throughout the process.