Editing Image analysis (section)

==Applications==
The applications of digital image analysis are continuously expanding through all areas of science and industry, including:
*[[anatomy]], allows for precise measurements, visualization, and statistical analysis of anatomical structures.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kędzia |first1=Alicja |last2=Derkowski |first2=Wojciech |date=2024 |title=Modern methods of neuroanatomical and neurophysiological research |journal=MethodsX |publication-date=2024 |volume=13 |pages=102881 |doi=10.1016/j.mex.2024.102881 |issn=2215-0161 |pmc=11340600 |pmid=39176151}}</ref>
*[[plate reader|assay micro plate reading]], such as detecting where a chemical was manufactured.
*[[astronomical image processing|astronomy]], such as calculating the size of a planet.
*[[automated species identification]] (e.g. plant and animal species)
*[[defense (military)|defense]]
*[[error level analysis]]
*[[filter (software)|filter]]ing <!-- get a more specific link, and-or examples -->
*[[machine vision]], such as to automatically count items in a factory conveyor belt.
*[[materials science]], such as determining if a metal weld has cracks. <!-- get a more specific link-->
*[[medical image processing|medicine]], such as detecting cancer in a mammography scan.
*[[metallography]], such as determining the mineral content of a rock sample.
*[[microscope image processing|microscopy]], such as counting the germs in a swab.
*[[automatic number plate recognition]];
*[[optical character recognition]], such as automatic license plate detection.
*[[remote sensing]], such as detecting intruders in a house, and producing land cover/land use maps.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Xie|first1=Y.|last2=Sha|first2=Z.|last3=Yu|first3=M.|title=Remote sensing imagery in vegetation mapping: a review|journal=Journal of Plant Ecology|date=2008|volume=1|issue=1|pages=9–23|doi=10.1093/jpe/rtm005|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wilschut|first1=L.I.|last2=Addink|first2=E.A.|last3=Heesterbeek|first3=J.A.P.|last4=Dubyanskiy|first4=V.M.|last5=Davis|first5=S.A.|last6=Laudisoit|first6=A.|last7=Begon|first7=M.|last8=Burdelov|first8=L.A.|last9=Atshabar|first9=B.B.|last10=de Jong|first10=S.M|title=Mapping the distribution of the main host for plague in a complex landscape in Kazakhstan: An object-based approach using SPOT-5 XS, Landsat 7 ETM+, SRTM and multiple Random Forests|journal=International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation|date=2013|volume=23|issue=100|pages=81–94|doi=10.1016/j.jag.2012.11.007|pmid=24817838|pmc=4010295|bibcode=2013IJAEO..23...81W}}</ref>
*[[robotics]], such as to avoid steering into an obstacle.
*[[security]], such as detecting a person's eye color or hair color. <!-- get more specific links: fingerprints, face recog, iris, surveillance, license plate-->