Deeplearningandimageprocessingaretwoareasofgreatinteresttoacademicsandindustryprofessionalsalike.Theareasofapplicationofthesetwodisciplinesrangewidely,encompassingfieldssuchasmedicine,robotics,andsecurityandsurveillance.Theaimofthisbook,DeepLearningforImageProcessingApplications,istoofferconceptsfromthesetwoareasinthesameplatform,andthebookbringstogetherthesharedideasofprofessionalsfromacademiaandresearchaboutproblemsandsolutionsrelatingtothemultifacetedaspectsofthetwodisciplines.Thefirstchapterprovidesanintroductiontodeeplearning,andservesasthebasisformuchofwhatfollowsinthesubsequentchapters,whichcoversubjectsincluding:theapplicationofdeepneuralnetworksforimageclassification;handgesturerecognitioninrobotics;deeplearningtechniquesforimageretrieval;diseasedetectionusingdeeplearningtechniques;andthecomparativeanalysisofdeepdataandbigdata.Thebookwillbeofinteresttoallthosewhoseworkinvolvestheuseofdeeplearningandimageprocessingtechniques.
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