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'''Computer vision''' is the science of how [[computer]]s see. Computer vision learns how computers can find things in pictures. The pictures can come from many places, like movies, cameras, or [[medical]] machines.
'''Computer vision''' is the subfield of Computer Science that studies how a [[computer]] processes visual information to have them interpret what they see. Unlike [[Computer Graphics]] which generates images using computers, Computer Vision takes visual information from the real world and uses algorithms to make predictions and explain what is in the image.
Computer vision is the opposite of [[computer graphics]]. Computer graphics makes new pictures from an idea, but computer vision makes an idea from pictures.
==Applications==
Computer Vision originally focused on computer systems understanding images well enough to describe what they see, but has grown to systems that give detailed environmental context with more advancements in Machine Learning. Improved Pattern Recognition and [[Convolutional Neural Networks]] methods have given way to new methods for processing images that has application in multiple fields.
===Optical Character Recognition===
[[Google Books]] used scanned images of pages of books to convert those pages to a text format. This allowed users to search the text in the book without needing to read it page by page.
===Medical Imaging===
Computer systems use the [[X-Ray]] and [[MRI imaging]] of hospital patients to make a diagnosis as to whether or not they have cancer. In some instances, the computers have outperformed the doctors who make diagnoses on the same patient.https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50857759<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Fergus |title=AI 'outperforms' doctors diagnosing breast cancer |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50857759 |access-date=24 March 2021 |agency=BBC News |publisher=BBC News |date=January 2 2020}}</ref>
===Self Driving Cars===
Autonomous Cars use a combination of Computer Vision and LiDAR to detect pedestrians and Stop Signs when driving passengers.
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