Principles of Digital Image Processing: Fundamental Techniques (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science) - Softcover

From the reviews:

"This slim volume is the first of a three-volume set. ... the book’s overall coverage is sound--well written, with plenty of illustrative examples and elegant diagrams. ... this book is a fine introduction to image processing, and some topics--color, in particular--are very well done indeed. ... In summary, this is mostly a fine text. ... with the addition of more exercises, this would be an excellent introduction to the field." (Alasdair McAndrew, ACM Computing Reviews, August, 2009)

This easy-to-follow textbook provides a modern, algorithmic introduction to digital image processing. It concentrates on practical applications and working implementations whilst also presenting important formal details and the necessary mathematics.