Linear Algebra - Image Processing

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Linear algebra is a fundamental tool in image processing and computer vision. Here are some ways linear algebra is applied to images:

  1. Image Representation:
    • An image can be represented as a matrix where each element corresponds to a pixel’s intensity or color value. For grayscale images, this is a 2D matrix, while color images (like RGB) are often represented as 3D matrices (or tensors).
  2. Image Transformations:
    • Rotation, Scaling, and Translation: These operations can be performed using transformation matrices. For example, rotating an image involves multiplying the original image matrix by a rotation matrix.
    • Affine Transformations: These include combinations of rotation, scaling, translation, and shearing, and are represented using affine transformation matrices.
  3. Image Filtering:
    • Convolution operations, which are used for filtering images (e.g., blurring, sharpening, edge detection), can be represented as matrix multiplications. The filter (or kernel) is a small matrix that is applied to each part of the image.
  4. Dimensionality Reduction:
    • Techniques like Principal Component Analysis (PCA) use linear algebra to reduce the dimensionality of image data, which can be useful for compression or feature extraction.
  5. Image Compression:
    • Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) can be used to compress images by approximating the original image matrix with fewer components.
  6. Eigenfaces for Face Recognition:
    • In face recognition, eigenfaces are created using eigenvectors of a set of face images. This involves computing the covariance matrix of the image data and finding its eigenvectors.
  7. Image Reconstruction:
    • Techniques like compressed sensing use linear algebra to reconstruct images from a limited set of measurements.
  8. Camera Calibration:
    • In computer vision, linear algebra is used to calibrate cameras by estimating intrinsic and extrinsic parameters, which are represented as matrices.

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