title: The Image Processing Cookbook: A guide to the processing and analysis of scientific, forensic and technical images using Photoshop
author:  Dr. John C Russ 
description: Dr. Russ is a retired university professor with a background in physics and materials science, and extensive experience with both light and electron microscopy. Analysis of images to characterize materials microstructure led to the early adoption of computers and the development of computer-based image analysis methods, which spread to encompass a broad variety of applications from biology and medicine to machine vision, food science, archaeology, and forensic imaging. In a fifty-year career, he has developed methods and written software, and taught regular academic courses and short courses on these methods to several thousand students on five continents. His numerous books include the widely used "Image Processing Handbook" (now in its fifth edition from CRC Press), as well as applications-oriented books on the use of imaging in food science and forensics, and a textbook on writing image processing software. He is frequently called upon to use his expertise as a consultant and expert witness.
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