International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Special Issue on

Applied Color Image Processing

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology is seeking original and unpublished manuscripts for a Special Issue on Applied Color Image Processing, scheduled for publication in November/December of 2007.

Color image processing has established itself as a very important research area primarily due to the rapid development of image sensors, digital imaging and visual communication technologies, image databases, and video and multimedia systems. Extraordinary growth in the technologies and applications for color image processing has allowed for many interesting results concerning filtering, enhancement, restoration, edge detection, analysis, compression, manipulation, and evaluation of color images. The proliferation of digital cameras, image-enabled consumer electronics, and color displays and printers has further underscored the importance of conducting systematic research in the field of color image processing.

Specialized areas of digital color imaging usually require to use special, application-dependent approaches to achieve the desired performance and efficiency of the image processing solution. For example, modern color image filtering solutions rely on the trichromatic theory of color to avoid color artifacts in the output. The use of color information in combination with the structural and spatial characteristics of the acquired sensor data is essential in digital camera image processing, including demosaicking, spatial interpolation, and enhancement to overcome the limitations of the image sensors in order to produce visually-pleasing digital color images. Undoubtedly, color has an important role in visual scene understanding and greatly improves semantic analysis of the digital images. Because of its descriptive nature, color has been extensively used in the areas such as feature detection, image retrieval, visual data analysis, and object recognition. Since the range of color-driven computer vision, video surveillance, multimedia and biomedical applications extends with advances in hardware and software, there is a definite need for new techniques, algorithms, and solutions to improve the current digital color imaging systems and enable the development of color imaging in emerging applications.

This special issue aims to systematically focus on recent advances in digital color image acquisition, analysis, processing, and display, exploring emerging applications of digital color image processing. Submitted articles must not have been previously published and must not be currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Submission procedure:
Manuscript should conform to the standard guidelines of the International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology (IJIST). Guidelines for formatting papers can be found in the Guide for Authors. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the IJIST online submission system by February 1, 2007. "Applied Color Image Processing" special issue should be indicated in the corresponding cover letter. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three independent reviewers.