Definition
An image decomposition is the result of a mathematical transformation of an image into a new set of images that represent different aspects of the input image or scene pictured in that image. The original image can typically be reconstructed from these new images.
Background
While images are primarily stored as an array of pixel values, an image can be represented in a number of different ways. For instance, an image can be easily transformed into two images, one containing the high-frequency variation in the input image and a second containing the low-frequency variation. This process decomposes the input image into two images, each of which expresses different information about the original image.
This process is useful when further processing will treat these two images differently. If the decomposition is chosen correctly, the image is decomposed into a set of images that can each be processed uniformly. Thus, the decomposition facilitates adaptive processing of the...
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Tappen, M.F. (2021). Image Decomposition: Traditional Approaches. In: Computer Vision. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03243-2_549-1
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