雖然有很多期刊致力于圖像處理的主題，但實(shí)時(shí)圖像處理期刊(JRTIP)是唯一一個(gè)專門(mén)研究圖像和視頻處理的實(shí)時(shí)方面的期刊。通常情況下，一種圖像處理算法被開(kāi)發(fā)出來(lái)并在理論上被證明是合理的，可能考慮到了特定的應(yīng)用，但是它的實(shí)際應(yīng)用以及實(shí)現(xiàn)其實(shí)時(shí)性能所需的詳細(xì)步驟、方法和權(quán)衡分析從未得到充分的探索。因此，JRTIP旨在彌合圖像和視頻處理理論與實(shí)踐之間的差距，服務(wù)于更多從事設(shè)計(jì)、實(shí)現(xiàn)或使用實(shí)時(shí)圖像和視頻處理系統(tǒng)的研究人員、實(shí)踐工程師和行業(yè)專業(yè)人士。實(shí)時(shí)方面是至關(guān)重要的在許多實(shí)際的設(shè)備或產(chǎn)品,如手機(jī)、數(shù)字仍然/視頻/手機(jī)相機(jī)、便攜式媒體播放器、個(gè)人數(shù)字助理、高清電視、視頻監(jiān)控系統(tǒng)、工業(yè)視覺(jué)檢測(cè)系統(tǒng),醫(yī)學(xué)影像設(shè)備,vision-assisted智能機(jī)器人,光譜成像系統(tǒng),和許多其他嵌入式圖像或視頻處理系統(tǒng)。雜志涵蓋的主題包括:實(shí)時(shí)圖像和視頻處理算法實(shí)時(shí)嵌入式圖像/視頻處理系統(tǒng)實(shí)時(shí)圖像和視頻處理硬件和體系結(jié)構(gòu)，包括FPGA、DSP、GPU、GPP、ASIC、片上系統(tǒng)(SoC)和包內(nèi)系統(tǒng)(SiP)實(shí)現(xiàn)實(shí)時(shí)軟件優(yōu)化和相關(guān)的圖像/視頻處理設(shè)計(jì)范例圖像和視頻處理的實(shí)時(shí)軟硬件協(xié)同設(shè)計(jì)實(shí)時(shí)圖像和視頻處理應(yīng)用，包括數(shù)字、手機(jī)和智能相機(jī)、機(jī)器視覺(jué)、工業(yè)檢測(cè)、監(jiān)視和安全、用于傳輸和數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)存儲(chǔ)和檢索的圖像和視頻壓縮、生物醫(yī)學(xué)成像、光譜成像等。編輯委員會(huì)由來(lái)自學(xué)術(shù)界和工業(yè)界的專家組成，他們?cè)谕苿?dòng)實(shí)時(shí)圖像和視頻處理方面發(fā)揮了重要作用。總編輯和半數(shù)以上的董事會(huì)成員在這方面都有良好的記錄。在JRTIP發(fā)表實(shí)時(shí)圖像和視頻處理論文之前，他們?cè)鴧⑴c過(guò)《實(shí)時(shí)成像》(Real-Time Imaging, RTI)雜志的工作，并從中獲得了幾年的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

Although there are many journals addressing the subject of image processing, the Journal of Real-Time Image Processing (JRTIP) is the only one that is solely dedicated to the real-time aspect of image and video processing.It is often the case that an image processing algorithm is developed and proven theoretically sound, presumably with a specific application in mind, but its practical applications and the detailed steps, methodology, and trade-off analysis required to achieve its real-time performance are never fully explored. JRTIP is thus intended to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of image and video processing, serving the greater community of researchers, practicing engineers, and industrial professionals who deal with designing, implementing or utilizing real-time image and video processing systems.The real-time aspect is critical in many real-world devices or products such as mobile phones, digital still/video/cell-phone cameras, portable media players, personal digital assistants, high-definition television, video surveillance systems, industrial visual inspection systems, medical imaging devices, vision-assisted intelligent robots, spectral imaging systems, and many other embedded image or video processing systems.Topics covered in the journal include: Real-time image and video processing algorithms Real-time embedded image/video processing systems Real-time image and video processing hardware and architecture including FPGA, DSP, GPU, GPP, ASIC, System-on-Chip (SoC), and System-in-a-Package (SiP) implementations Real-time software optimizations and related design paradigms for image/video processing Real-time hardware/software co-design for image and video processing Real-time image and video processing applications including digital, cell-phone, and smart cameras, machine vision, industrial inspection, surveillance and security, image and video compression for transmission and for database storage and retrieval, biomedical imaging, spectral imaging, etc.The editorial board consist of a dedicated team of experts from academia and industry who have played a major role in promoting the area of real-time image and video processing. The Editors-in-Chief and more than half of the board members have an established track record in this area. They bring several years of experience from their previous involvement with the journal Real-Time Imaging (RTI), which preceded JRTIP publishing real-time image and video processing papers.