GTU Electronics and Communication Engineering (Semester 8)
Fundamentals of Image Processing
May 2015
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INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


1 (a) (i) Contrast between dynamic range and contrast.
2 M
1 (a) (ii) Differentiate between spatial resolution and intensity Resolution.
2 M
1 (a) (iii) Explain in brief the sampling checkerboards and the false contouring effects.
3 M
1 (b) (i) Compare various methods of image interpolation.
3 M
1 (b) (ii) Differentiate between image enhancement and image Restoration.
2 M
1 (b) (iii) Make comparison between point processing and neighborhood processing techniques.
2 M

2 (a) Given histograms (a) and (b), modify the histogram of image (a) as per the histogram of image (b).
Histogram (a)
Gray level 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
No. of Pixels 790 1023 850 656 329 245 122 81

Histogram (b)
Gray level 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
No. of Pixels 0 0 0 614 819 1230 819 614
7 M
2 (b) Consider that the digital image is corrupted by following noises individually: 1. Salt & pepper noise, 2. Salt noise only, 3. Pepper noise only. Suggest & explain the best suitable spatial filtering methods to remove the noise from the image in each case.
7 M
2 (c) (i) What is gamma correction? What is its importance? histograms. Suppose we form a third image I3 as I3=I1 - I2. Will this image I3 be a zero image? Give reason for your Answer.
3 M
2 (c) (ii) What is mean and standard deviation of the histogram? What are the physical significance of these quantities?
2 M
2 (c) (iii) There are two images I1 and I2. They have identical histograms. Suppose we form a third image I3 as I3=I1-I2. Will this image I3 be a zero image Give reason for your answer
3 M

3 (a) Write a detailed note on image pyramids and sub-band coding.
7 M
3 (b) Discuss frequency domain formulations of the Laplacian, Unsharp masking, Highboost filtering, and High-frequency-emphasis filtering with applications.
7 M
3 (c) Write a detailed note on 2-D fast wavelet transform.
7 M
3 (d) (i) Explain the ringing property of ILPFs using the convolution theorem.
3 M
3 (d) (ii) Discuss CMY color model. Why CMYK color model is required?
4 M

4 (a) (i) Differentiate between radiance and luminance using one example.
2 M
4 (a) (ii) Write a short note on all-system-safe colors.
5 M
4 (b) With the following symbols and their probabilities of occurrence, encode the message "ACBA" using the arithmetic coding algorithm.
Symbol A B C
Probability 0.8 0.02 0.18
7 M
4 (c) (i) Differentiate between noise and degradation.
1 M
4 (c) (ii) Draw and explain in brief the model of the degradation/restoration process.
4 M
4 (c) (iii) Discuss in brief spatial and frequency properties of the noise.
2 M
4 (d) List and exemplify different types of redundancy available in the digital image.
7 M

5 (a) Explain the concept of Laplacian and LoG for edge detection and comment on the comparison of both the operators.
7 M
5 (b) (i) Prove that dilation and erosion are duals of each other with respect to set complementation and reflection.
3 M
5 (b) (ii) Write a brief note on inverse filtering. Also discuss the problem with the same.
4 M
5 (c) (i) What is the advantage of using Sobel operator?
1 M
5 (c) (ii) Explain the process of edge detection using gradient Operators.
6 M
5 (d) List out various basic morphological algorithms and explain any one in detail.
7 M



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