These courses are available for presentation at your facility. For more information on course scheduling, costs, etc. e-mail Peter G. Engeldrum
1. Introduction to Image Microstructure for Imaging Systems - NEW!
2. Color Principles for Imaging Systems
3. Image Quality: The System's View
4. Image Quality from the Customers Viewpoint: Tools and Techniques - REVISED!
Introduction to Image Microstructure for Imaging Systems
This is the latest addition to the Imcotek series of courses in image quality, image and color science. These courses are based on, and support, the framework of the Image Quality Circle.
The printer market is maturing, and product differences between company offerings, including image quality, are converging. The obvious first order approaches to image/print quality improvement are largely complete. What now remains are the "second order" elements that underlay image/print quality. Future product advances will come from a complete understanding of the second order details—the principles of image microstructure.
The goal of this course is to explore the basic principles of image microstructure for printing systems. In the context of the Image Quality Circle, this course will cover the elements System/Image Models and Physical Image Parameters, with brief coverage of Visual Algorithms. (See also the course Image Quality: The System's View.)
This is an intensive 3 day course, that covers the basic principles of image microstructure. The audience is the product developer who needs to understand and apply the principles of image microstructure.
Course Outline
Imaging basics
Basic Mathematical Statistics for Imaging
Image Microstructure Models
Spatially Linear Systems
Paper Optical Spread Function (POSF)
Physical Image Parameters
Visual Algorithms
This course is available for presentation at your facility.
Color Principles for Imaging Systems
The goal of this three day course is to teach the underlying principles in integrating color input-output devices, such as displays, color scanners, color printers, and digital cameras, using device-independent color concepts. The course emphasizes basic principles and their applications.
Course Outline
First Day
Second Day
Third Day
This course is available for presentation at your facility.
Image Quality: The Systems View
Image, print, picture and display quality are often considered "subjective" and in the "eye of the beholder." with the implication that image quality cannot be put on a quantitative footing. Compounding this confusion is that the concept of image quality depends on where you view the problem. A process engineer will feel that it's the process that controls the image quality. Developers of image processing algorithms feel that image processing is where the action is. Of course, both areas contribute to image quality.
Image Quality: The Systems View puts the various pieces together in a unified way–the systems perspective. Using the Image Quality Circle; this course paints the big-picture view of image quality. The Image Quality Circle (IQC) is a practical and useful tool that is used by major imaging hardware consumables manufacturers.
The goals of this two-day course are:
At the end of the course you will:
Course Outline
Day One
The Image Quality Circle–a process to manage image quality
Image Scaling–Measuring Human/Customer Response to Images
Attributes of image/print quality–The "Nesses"
Image Quality Models
Day Two
Visual Algorithms–Connecting the Attributes to Image Measurements
Image Measurements–Physical Image Parameters
System Models–Connecting Image Measurement to Technology Variables
Technology Variables–the "Nesses" They Influence
Applications, $, and Specifications within the IQC
This course is available for presentation at your facility.
Image Quality from the Customer's Viewpoint: Tools and Techniques
Image/Print Quality is a key component in the sale of imaging products and consumables. The prevailing wisdom is that image quality is "in the eye of the beholder," and therefore inaccessible to measurement. Without a useful measurement of print/image/display/digital camera quality, and the underlying components of quality, product development and marketing decisions take too long and consume needless organizational energy. The objective of Image Quality from the Customer's Viewpoint; Tools and Techniques is to dispel the myths and, provide practical approaches and tools for measuring image quality and image quality attributes.
The course is recommended for imaging product hardware, software, and media development personnel, market researchers, and product managers.
The goals of this two-day course are:
At the end of the course you will:
Course Outline
Day One
Day Two
This course is available for presentation at your facility.
For further information on these courses email Peter Engeldrum, or call: (781)-756-0935
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