Lesson 5 exercises

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Exercise 5.1

What is an ROI, and why is it an important concept in digital image processing?

Exercise 5.2

What is segmentation in the context of image processing?

Exercise 5.3

What is thresholding, and what is it used for?

Exercise 5.4

What is a structuring element and what is it used for?

Exercise 5.5

How would you define an edge in an image? Describe how a Laplacian of Gaussian filter can be used to find edges in an image. Why can’t we just use a Laplacian filter without the Gaussian?

Exercise 5.6

Write down any questions or points of confusion that you have.