Image Processing Basics through OpenCV
Last Updated on July 24, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Shuvayan Ghosh Dastidar
Originally published on Towards AI.
Photo by Shahadat Rahman on Unsplash
In computer science, digital image processing is the use of a digital computer to process digital images through an algorithm.[1]
An image is taken as input and a set of algorithms are made to run on it to get a certain outcome depending on the application use. Why is it popular?
The answer lies in the fact that in almost every aspect of life image processing is used and is being rapidly adopted in all fields ranging from cybersecurity to medical image analysis. So it is a very in demand skill to have a grasp on.
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