Master the most powerful photo editing tools and techniques that Elements has to offer! Using step-by-step projects, Mark Galer will have you creating stunning images in no time at all. Whether you want to create impressive, seamless montages, optimize your photos for perfect print quality, or simply enhance your images for maximum impact,...

As optical character recognition (OCR) begins to find applications ranging from store checkout scanners to money-changing machines and postal system automation, it has become one of the most dynamic areas in information science today. Yet few volumes explore this data-oriented process without relying heavily on mathematical background...

iOS 6 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach is your code reference and guide to developing solutions on iPad, iPhone, and other iOS 6 SDK devices and platforms. This book provides in-depth code samples and discussions for scenarios that developers face every day. You'll find numerous examples of real-world cases...

Recognized clinical leaders in neurosurgery and neuroradiology review the cutting-edge techniques and technologies now available and describe how minimally invasive techniques have influenced their subspecialties. On the radiology side, the authors explain the latest developments in magnetic resonance spectroscopy, functional imaging, and...

Vision plays a fundamental role for living beings by allowing them to interact with the environment in an effective and efficient way. The Machine Vision goal is to endow computing devices, and more generally artificial systems, with visual capabilities in order to cope with not a priori predetermined situations. To this end, we have to take...

Courts are governmental institutions that serve important functions for society, including dispute processing, policymaking, and the enforcement of rules. Courts have a profound effect on people within their jurisdiction, especially individuals subjected to a civil lawsuit or a criminal prosecution. When legal cases...