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Syllabus ( ELEC 463 )


   Basic information
Course title: Fundamentals of Image Processing
Course code: ELEC 463
Lecturer: Assist. Prof. Köksal HOCAOĞLU
ECTS credits: 6
GTU credits: 3 (3+0+0)
Year, Semester: 4, Fall and Spring
Level of course: First Cycle (Undergraduate)
Type of course: Area Elective
Language of instruction: Turkish
Mode of delivery: Face to face
Pre- and co-requisites: ELEC 367, MAT 214, INF212, ELM 368
Professional practice: No
Purpose of the course: The goal of this course is to introduce to students the basic theory and recent important topics related to digital image processing.
   Learning outcomes Up

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Develop image processing algorithms to enhance digital images.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Obtain basic knowledge of Electronics Engineering.

    Method of assessment

    1. Laboratory exercise/exam
    2. Term paper
  2. Decide which method is appropriate to tackle a given image processing problem.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Formulate and solve engineering problems

    Method of assessment

    1. Laboratory exercise/exam
    2. Term paper
  3. Develop image processing algorithms for automatic target detection applications

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Formulate and solve engineering problems

    Method of assessment

    1. Term paper
  4. Identify and exploit analogies between the mathematical tools used for 1D and 2D signal analysis and processing

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Obtain basic knowledge of Electronics Engineering.

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
  5. Analyze 2D signals in the frequency domain through the Fourier transform

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Obtain basic knowledge of Electronics Engineering.

    Method of assessment

    1. Homework assignment
    2. Laboratory exercise/exam
  6. Implement digital image processing methods in a programming language based on a given algorithmic description or theory

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Formulate and solve engineering problems

    Method of assessment

    1. Laboratory exercise/exam
    2. Term paper
   Contents Up
Week 1: Introduction to digital image processing
Week 2: Intensity transformations and spatial filtering
Week 3: Histogram processing
Week 4: Filtering in the frequency domain (Two-dimensional DFT and its properties)
Week 5: Filtering in the frequency domain (Designing two-dimensional filters)
Week 6: Geometric transformation
Week 7: Image segmentation (basic concepts)
Week 8: Image segmentation (thresholding)
Week 9: Midterm exam
Week 10: Image Analysis
Week 11: Morphological image processing (binary)
Week 12: Morphological image processing (morphological algorithms)
Week 13: Morphological image processing (gray-level)
Week 14: Presentation of term project to class
Week 15*: .
Week 16*: Final Exam
Textbooks and materials: Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods, “Digital Image Processing”, Third Edition, Prentice Hall, 2008.
Recommended readings: Gonzalez, Woods, and Eddins, “Digital Image Processing using MATLAB”, Second Edition, Gatesmark Publishing, 2009.
  * Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
Assessment Up
Method of assessment Week number Weight (%)
Mid-terms: 8 15
Other in-term studies: 2,3,4,7,10,11 20
Project: 6,9 30
Homework: 5,8 5
Quiz: 0
Final exam: 16 30
  Total weight:
(%)
   Workload Up
Activity Duration (Hours per week) Total number of weeks Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching): 3 13
Own studies outside class: 3 12
Practice, Recitation: 3 6
Homework: 4 2
Term project: 20 1
Term project presentation: 3 1
Quiz: 0 0
Own study for mid-term exam: 10 1
Mid-term: 2 1
Personal studies for final exam: 12 1
Final exam: 2 1
    Total workload:
    Total ECTS credits:
*
  * ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25.
(1 ECTS = 25 work hours)
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