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From: ners001@vmsa.technion.ac.il
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: new newsgroup proposal: comp.image.processing
Message-ID: <164@vmsa.technion.ac.il>
Date: 17 Nov 88 10:36:22 GMT
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In article <13397@oberon.USC.EDU>, annala@neuro.usc.edu.BITNET writes:
> Would anyone out there in netland be interested in starting, organizing,
> managing, or participating in either a new newsgroup dedicated to the
> distribution and evaluation of image processing software for scientific
> imaging applications?
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a very good and long overdue idea.

While it is not clear whether Image Processing is a small specific
area of application in the world of Computer Graphics or just the
opposite,  I do believe that there is a wide range of topics
which are not of great interest to both groups.

While I do have some interest in computer graphics, I don't like
to wade through all the TIFF->GIF->PostScript garbage trying to
find somebody out there who might spread some light on the subjects
which are more particular to scientific imaging applications.

/*
Are there still people out there who are interested in Image Restoration,
Computed Tomography, Real-Time Imaging Hardware and general purpose
image processing software packages - or is everbody spending their
time trying to build *standard* translation packages for all the
*standard* image formats that seem to pop up each time it rains?
*/

I would definitely like to participate in a newsgroup that would deal
specifically with subjects pertaining to Scientific Imaging Applications.
This might also be a forum for discussion on Imaging Hardware/Software,
peripherals, as well as specific application areas such as: Computer Vision,
Computed Tomography, Image Restoration, and Feature Extraction/Classification.

( There is a possibility that such a group already exists but our
  installation does not receive it. If so Please inform me of its existence.)

If there is a demand for such a group I wouldn't mind starting, organizing
or managing it (if I knew how).

Anybody out there have any opinions or suggestions ???
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