This document discusses digital image processing in medical applications. It begins by introducing medical imaging and how it is used to identify diseases by producing images of internal body structures. It then describes different types of medical images like binary, grayscale, and color images. Specific medical imaging technologies are explained like X-ray imaging and computed tomography (CT). The document also covers digital image processing techniques including histogram processing, image enhancement, and image segmentation. It concludes by discussing advantages and disadvantages of digital images as well as applications of digital image processing in medicine.