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Image Processing for Engineering and Science Specialization
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Image Processing for Engineering and Science Specialization

Quickly gain skills in Image Processing. Learn the essential skills to automatically extract information from images.

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

(153 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
1 month at 10 hours a week
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

Overview

  • Detect & analyze regions of interest in images and videos

  • Reduce noise & improve contrast to better analyze images

  • Use interactive apps for rapid prototyping & code generation to automate your analysis

  • Scale your algorithms to analyze large image datasets and video

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Taught in English
19 practice exercises

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Specialization - 3 course series

What you'll learn

  • Perform analysis on a variety of common image datatypes & recognize their strengths and limitations

  • Detect objects and regions of interest using intensity-based & color-based image segmentation

  • Improve image contrast using a variety of modern algorithms for different use-cases, such as low light or fog

  • Complete a project where you analyze Antarctic ice melt in satellite images

Skills you'll gain

Category: Image Analysis
Category: Matlab
Category: Histogram
Category: Data Storage
Category: Metadata Management
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Data Processing
Category: Computer Vision
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Color Theory
Category: Data Manipulation

What you'll learn

  • Use segmentation to detect and analyze regions of interest in images & video

  • Apply spatial filters and morphological operators to improve segmentation & remove noise

  • Segment & analyze 3D images, such as MRI images of a brain

  • Use interactive tools to quickly test a variety of segmentation approaches & automatically generate code for reuse

Skills you'll gain

Category: Image Analysis
Category: Computer Vision
Category: Spatial Analysis
Category: Unsupervised Learning
Category: Data Processing

What you'll learn

  • Apply image processing algorithms to large sets of images & verify your algorithms generalize to new images

  • Apply image processing algorithms to video files

  • Analyze your image & video processing results, including calculating statistics like average area & identifying outliers

  • Complete a specialization-level project where you will detect cars in a noisy video

Skills you'll gain

Category: Image Analysis
Category: Automation
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Anomaly Detection
Category: Algorithms
Category: Matlab
Category: Data Storage Technologies
Category: Computer Vision
Category: Data Store

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Instructors

Sam Jones
MathWorks
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Amanda Wang
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