Spatio-Temporal Image Processing: Theory and Scientific Applications

Image sequence processing is becoming a tremendous tool to

analyze spatio-temporal data in all areas of natural

science. It is the key to studythe dynamics of of complex

scientific phenomena. Methods from computer science and the

field of application are merged establishing new

interdisciplinary research areas.

This monograph emerged from scientific applications and thus

is an example for such an interdisciplinaryapproach. It is

addressed both to computer scientists and to researchers

from other fields who are applying methods of computer

vision. The results presented are mostly from environmental

physics (oceanography) but they will be illuminating and

helpful for researchers applying similar methods in other

areas.