Tag: scikit-image library

Thresholding

In this post we will experiment applying global (histogram based) and local (considering values of neighboring pixels) thresholding to images.

This post is based on the PluralSight course Building Image Processing Applications Using scikit-image by Janani Ravi. She uses the Jupyter notebook for the exercises. I decided to use the VSCode IDE to experiment with GitHub Copilot. At this point in time such a feature does not seem to be available.

I would like to disclose that I am a Microsoft employee and have been using VSCode and Visual Studio IDEs for many years. Like to follow the KISS principle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle) and when needed, challenge common assumptions that do not make sense to me i.e., this is how we always do it, or this is how it is done. Continue reading “Thresholding”

Histogram of Oriented Gradients

This morning on LinkedIn, NEWSLETTER, Big Technology, A newsletter about Big Tech and society, by Alex Kantrowitz I listened to the podcast Let’s Talk About Temu and Shein, The Fast-Rising, China-Based Retailers Threatening U.S. Mainstays. 

On Big Technology Podcast, Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz spoke with New York Magazine contributing editor John Herrman about Temu and Shein, the fast-rising, China-based retailers that are threatening the U.S. mainstays including H&M and Amazon.

Continue reading “Histogram of Oriented Gradients”

Daisy Descriptors

In this post I will experiment with the DAISY descriptors. Please note that one of the simplest approaches is to alter parameters in the different functions and observe the results. In addition you should look up the functions in the scikit-image to get a better understanding of the function and arguments e.g., skimage.feature.daisy.

The motivation for this post is the PluralSight course by Janani Ravi. She uses the Jupyter notebook in the course. We will use the VSCode IDE with GitHub Copilot. This helps experiment with the code. At this point I would like to disclose that I am a Microsoft employee and use the VSCode IDE with GitHub Copilot extension. Have been using VSCode for a few years. In the past few months I started using GitHub Copilot. Continue reading “Daisy Descriptors”

Canny Edge Detector

Welcome to the last section of the first chapter on the PluralSight course Building Image Processing Applications Using scikit-image by Janani Ravi.

In this post we will deal with the Canny edge detector. It is a more complex edge detector that Roberts or Sobel. Continue reading “Canny Edge Detector”