The real edition is the result of the considerable processing of book "The Digital processing of images" (Гонсалес and Уинтц, 1977 and 1978|, 1992 and 2002 Гонсалес and Вудс). One of major reasons of popularity of book that already 30 more than is a world leader in the area is a high degree of attention of authors to the change of educational necessities of reader. Present edition is based on most vast from some time conducted researches of reader opinion.As well as before, primary purposes of book - to serve as introduction to the basic concepts and methods of the digital processing of images, and also to provide a basis for a subsequent study and realization of independent researches in this area. All divisions are accompanied by plenty of examples and illustrations.A book is counted on research workers, professional programmers, specialists on a computer design, students and teachers. A book constantly occupies the first place in rating of sales of Amazon.com and widely used by developers and designers.