chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Tasks and Tools -- chapter 3 Quantitative Visualization -- chapter 4 Image Formation -- chapter 5 Imaging Sensors -- chapter 6 Digitalization and Quantization -- chapter 7 Pixels -- chapter 8 Geometry -- chapter 9 Restoration and Reconstruction -- chapter 10 Neighborhoods -- chapter 11 Regions -- chapter 12 Edges and Lines -- chapter 13 Orientation and Velocity -- chapter 14 Scale and Texture -- chapter 15 Segmentation -- chapter 16 Size and Shape -- chapter 17 Classification.