See the full original picture, the standard version, and some research examples. The lenna (or lena) picture is one of the most widely used standard test images used for compression algorithms Lenna (or lena) is a standard test image used in the field of digital image processing, starting in 1973
Goodbye 'Lenna': Science just ditched its Playboy pin-up for good
[1] it is a picture of the swedish model lena forsén, shot by photographer dwight hooker and cropped from the centerfold of the november 1972 issue of playboy magazine.
Learn about the history and origin of the lenna image, a standard test image for image processing and compression
See the original playboy picture, the 1997 photo, and the latest research using lenna. Original_lena512.jpg ‎ (512 × 512 pixels, file size Image/jpeg) original unprocessed lena photo Classic photo used as a test image for image processing.
«in accordance with the ieee’s diversity statement, and in respect for the wishes of the subject of the image, lena forsen, we will no longer accept papers that contain images of lenna», — wrote terry benzel, vice president of technical and conference activities at the ieee computer society.
