peruskuvia

Peruskuvia are a set of standard or reference images used as baselines in Finnish contexts such as education, media production, and computer-related research. The term is employed in Finnish academic and professional writing to denote images that provide a common frame of reference for comparison, demonstration, or instruction. Peruskuvat are typically selected to be representative and reproducible so that results or explanations can be compared across experiments, courses, or projects. They are often curated by universities, research groups, or media labs rather than governed by a single international standard.

Etymology and usage context

Peruskuva means “base image,” formed from perus- (base, fundamental) and kuva (image). In practice, peruskuvat cover categories such as natural scenes, textures, and synthetic patterns. They are used in image processing and computer vision for benchmarking compression, denoising, segmentation, and feature extraction, as well as in teaching materials to illustrate concepts with stable examples. The exact composition of a peruskuvat collection can vary by discipline and institution, and attention is given to licensing and reproducibility.

Selection considerations

Typical criteria for choosing peruskuvat include content diversity, resolution and color space, licensing status, and compatibility with educational or experimental goals. Because they are not standardized globally, institutions may publish their own sets or reference widely used community examples to facilitate communication and replication.

See also

Reference image

Benchmark image

Image dataset

Base image

Image processing terminology