Image Processing Thuringia is a network with regional focus in the Ilmenau-Jena-Erfurt technology triangle that brings together companies, universities and non-university research institutes. Its key areas of activity are application-oriented research, development of optoelectronic components, and development of advanced methods and processes for image processing and analysis. The main activities within the network are structuring and focusing the image processing landscape in Thuringia, ongoing development of information and communication networks, development and coordination of industrial and scientific contacts, and building of research alliances.