Two-dimensional wavelets offer a number of advantages over discrete wavelet transforms when processing rapidly varying functions and signals. In particular, they offer benefits for real-time applications such as medical imaging, fluid dynamics, shape recognition, image enhancement and target tracking. This book introduces the reader to 2-D wavelets via 1-D continuous wavelet transforms, and includes a long list of useful applications. The authors then describe in detail the underlying mathematics before moving on to more advanced topics such as matrix geometry of wavelet analysis, three-dimensional wavelets and wavelets on a sphere. Throughout the book, practical applications and illustrative examples are used extensively, ensuring the book's value to engineers, physicists and mathematicians alike.

Comprehensive treatment of 2-D wavelets for engineers, physicists and mathematicians.

About the Author
Jean-Pierre Antoine is the Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institut de Physique Theorique, Universite catholique de Louvain. Romain Murenzi is currently Minister of Education, Science, Technology, and Scientific Research of the Republic of Rwanda, on leave of absence from the Department of Physics, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia. Pierre Vandergheynst is a Professor at the Signal Processing Institute, Swiss Federal Insitute of Technology, Lausanne. Syed Twareque Ali is a Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University, Montreal.

Reviews
Review of the hardback: 'This book is of great interest to anyone working in 2-d CWT and their applications.' Zentralblatt MATH



Book Information
ISBN 9780521065191
Author Jean-Pierre Antoine
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 870g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 187mm * 29mm