Includes bibliographical references and index.

Data set preparation for k-NN classifier using the measure of representativeness / Marcin Raniszewski -- Segmentation methods in the selected industrial computer vision application / Anna Fabijanska and Dominik Sankowski -- Line fractional-order difference/sum, its properties and an application in image processing / Piotr Ostalczyk -- Management software for distributed mobile robot system / Maciej Laski ... [et al.] -- Advanced vision systems in detection and analysis of characteristic features of objects / Adam Wulkiewicz ... [et al.] -- Pattern recognition algorithms for the navigation of mobile platform / Rafal Jachowicz ... [et al.] -- Partial fractional-order difference in the edge detection / Piotr Duch ... [et al.] -- Application of fractional-order derivative for edge detection in mobile robot system / Sylwester Blaszczyk ... [et al.] -- Vision based human-machine interfaces : Visem recognition / Krzysztof Slot, Agnieszka Owczarek and Maria Janczyk -- Hybrid boundary element method applied for diffusion tomography problems / Jan Sikora, Maciej Panczyk and Pawel Wieleba -- Two-phase gas-liquid flow structures and phase distribution determination based on 3D electrical capacitance tomography visualization / Robert Banasiak ... [et al.] -- Tomographic visualization of dynamic industrial solid transporting and storage systems / Zbigniew Chaniecki, Krzysztof Grudzien and Andrzej Romanowski -- Tomography data processing for multiphase industrial process monitoring / Krzysztof Grudzien ... [et al.] -- Dedicated 3D image processing methods for the analysis of X-ray tomography data: Case study of materials science / Laurent Babout and Marcin Janaszewski -- Selected algorithms of quantitative image analysis for measurements of properties characterizing interfacial interactions at high temperatures / Krzysztof Strzecha ... [et al.] -- Theoretical introduction to image reconstruction for capacitance process tomography / Radoslaw Wajman ... [et al.] -- Infra-red thermovision in surface temperature control system / Jacek Kucharski ... [et al.] -- The computer evaluation of surface color changes in cultivated plants influenced by different environmental factors / Joanna Sekulska-Nalewajko and Jaroslaw Goclawski -- Various approaches to processing and analysis of images obtained from immunoenzymatic visualization of secretory activity with ELISPOT method / Wojciech Bieniecki and Szymon Grabowski -- Image processing and analysis algorithms for assessment and diagnosis of brain diseases / Anna Fabijanska and Tomasz Weglinski -- Computer systems for studying dynamic properties of materials at high temperatures / Marcin Bakala, Rafal Wojciechowski and Dominik Sankowski.

This book presents a collection of practical applications of image processing and analysis. Different vision systems are more often used, among others, in the automotive industry, pharmacy, military and police equipment, automated production and measurement systems.