The ICDIP 2009 held on March 7-9 brought together researchers, scientists, engineers, and practitioners from academia and industry to exchange their work and new ideas in core basic areas of digital image processing and multi-disciplinary applications. The 84 papers organized in eight sessions present wide-ranging applications, their theoretical basis, and experimental results. Medical applications include automated counting of white blood cells in clinical lab tests, quantitative analysis of intracranial volume from magnetic resonance images of the brain, and early diagnosis of retinal diseases by automated segmentation of retinal blood vessels. Other applications discussed include an alternative to image segmentation algorithms based on fuzzy c-means clustering, number recognition systems, an e-learning system for Chinese sign language, and iris recognition-based security systems. Organizing committee members and reviewers are listed. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
