For a researcher in this field, the material on synergistic integration of segmentation and interpretation modules and the Bayesian approach to image interpretation will be beneficial.
For a practicing engineer, the procedure for generating knowledge base, selecting initial temperature for the simulated annealing algorithm, and some implementation issues will be valuable.
New ideas introduced in the book include:
- New approach to image interpretation using synergism between the segmentation and the interpretation modules.
- A new segmentation algorithm based on multiresolution analysis.
- Novel use of the Bayesian networks (causal networks) for image interpretation.
- Emphasis on making the interpretation approach less dependent on the knowledge base and hence more reliable by modeling the knowledge base in a probabilistic framework.