1.1. Related research fields

There are different research fields in computer science and applied mathematics that deal with images and which are related to image processing. In particular, we can differentiate between imaging (the transformation of data into an image), computer vision (the transformation of an image into a model), computer graphics (the transformation of a model into an image), and image processing (the transformation from an image into another image). These relationships can be summarized in the following overview:

1. Imaging (Data \(\rightarrow\) Image)

2. Computer Vision (Image \(\rightarrow\) Model)

3. Computer Graphics (Model \(\rightarrow\) Image)

4. Image Processing (Image \(\rightarrow\) Image)