An overview of electronic image information
Lois F. Lunin · Optical information systems · 1990
Images are more complex to process than alphanumerics and involve far more computer processing both at input and display. This author offers a brief description of the technological aspects of image capture, storage, search, retrieval, analysis, and transmission. Image information is compared with alphanumeric databases and refers to applications in the areas of art, geology, libraries, medicine, and more. Significant problem areas including standards are addressed as well as markets, trends, and predictions for aspects of the electronic image management field. Image information described and discussed is confined to two-dimensional black-and-white representations of drawings, text, radiology films, biological cells, and maps. Not included except for brief comparison are computer graphics, pattern recognition, image understanding, scene analyses, computer vision, and issues of copyright