  Physics and computer science have a long tradition of cross-fertilization.
One of the latest outcomes of this mutually beneficial relationship is quantum
information science, which comprises the study of information processing tasks
that can be accomplished using quantum mechanical systems. Quantum Image
Processing (QIMP) is an emergent field of quantum information science whose
main goal is to strengthen our capacity for storing, processing, and retrieving
visual information from images and video either by transitioning from digital
to quantum paradigms or by complementing digital imaging with quantum
techniques. The expectation is that harnessing the properties of quantum
mechanical systems in QIMP will result in the realization of advanced
technologies that will outperform, enhance or complement existing and upcoming
digital technologies for image and video processing tasks.
