Robust-cognitive methods for processing digital images obtained with remote probing

This paper gives a brief review of prospects in the area of cognitive compu ter graphics and robust decision-making methods for processing optical sign als. A combination of these approaches is proposed that provides a qualitat ively new effect of stimulation and actualization of the intuitive and empi rical knowledge of the users of remote probing systems. A qualimetric estim ate is proposed for the information product of the integration of the subje ctive knowledge of the operator and the objective data of the image process ing. Using a specific practical example, the possibility of combining these approaches is demonstrated. (C) 1999 The Optical Society of America. [S107 0-9762(99)00608-9].