This book provides the fundamentals of image processing specifically for the practicing engineer or scientist. A large variety of example images is included to give the reader a better understanding of how particular image processing algorithms work. This book bridges the gap between existing high level texts and the need for a more practical and fundamental approach.
This book reminds me of why I love image processing. It's the multidisciplinary study of mathematics, statistics, electrical engineering, computer science, physics, and biology to combined to solve real world problems.