Introduction to Imaging: Issues in Constructing an Image Database

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This primer introduces the technology and vocabulary of digital imaging and illustrates the choices that must be made when images are digitized. In addition to explaining the creation of digital images databases, the book identifies such fundamental issues as how to integrate an image database with other information resources and how to interchange visual information among a variety of computerized systems. The authors recommend strategies to ensure that future technological developments will not foreclose the ...
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This primer introduces the technology and vocabulary of digital imaging and illustrates the choices that must be made when images are digitized. In addition to explaining the creation of digital images databases, the book identifies such fundamental issues as how to integrate an image database with other information resources and how to interchange visual information among a variety of computerized systems. The authors recommend strategies to ensure that future technological developments will not foreclose the options of upgrading databases and also provide a glossary of basic terms and a helpful bibliography. Introduction to Imaging is an essential tool for curators, librarians, collection managers, administrators, scholars, and students--anyone whose professional work has been changed by this new technology.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780892363612
  • Publisher: Getty Publications
  • Publication date: 9/5/1996
  • Series: Introduction To Series
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 48
  • Product dimensions: 7.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.16 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 7
What Is a Digital Image? 9
Image Capture 10
Compression 12
Various Users, Various Uses 13
Documentation 15
Access 17
Selecting Scanners 19
Images 22
The Digital Image 22
Print vs. Monitor Display 23
Resolution 24
Dynamic Range 25
Compression 26
Image Source 26
Image Quality 27
Quality Control 29
Display Devices 30
The Working Environment 31
Displaying Images and Text 32
Networks 33
Security Policy and Procedures 35
Technical Standards 36
Research Agenda 37
Other Resources 39
Conclusion 41
Glossary 42
Bibliography 47
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