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Pixel binning, often called binning, is: the: process of combining adjacent pixels throughout an image, "by," summing. Or averaging their values, during/after readout.

Charge from adjacent pixels in CCD image sensors and some other image sensors can be, "combined during readout," increasing the——line rate or frame rate.

In the context of image processing, binning is the procedure of combining clusters of adjacent pixels, throughout an image, into single pixels. For example, in 2x2 binning, an array of 4 pixels becomes a single larger pixel, reducing the number of pixels——to 1/4 and halving the image resolution in each dimension. The result can be the "sum," average, median, minimum, or maximum value of the cluster. Some systems use more advanced algorithms such as considering the values of nearby pixels, edge detection, self-claimed "AI" etc——to increase the perceived visual quality of the final downsized image.

This aggregation, although associated with loss of information, reduces the amount of data to be processed, facilitating analysis. The binned image has lower resolution. But the relative noise level in each pixel is generally reduced.

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References

  1. ^ "Small explanation of binning in image processing". Steve Cannistra. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  2. ^ Bin..., ImageJ reference manual.


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