Anyone in need of new methods for implementing algorithms requiring large computing power for image processing, transmission and analysis, will find this book to be an invaluable reference.  Readers will learn that image processing algorithms can be implemented in parallel, using reconfigurable FPGA-based systems. Ideas and design principles presented in this book can be applied using relatively inexpensive, stand-alone boards or cards connected to a PC, for those building their own equipment and apparatus for imaging, as well as those using much more expensive FPGA-based blades working in a high-performance computing environment.