这本杂志的中心焦点是图像信息的计算机分析。计算机视觉和图像理解出版的论文涵盖了图像分析的各个方面，从早期视觉的低水平、标志性过程到识别和解释的高水平、象征性过程。图像理解领域涉及广泛的主题，包括提供不同于主要观点的见解的论文。研究领域包括：?理论?早期视力?数据结构和表示?形状?范围?运动?匹配和识别?架构和语言?视觉系统
The central focus of this journal is the computer analysis of pictorial information. Computer Vision and Image Understanding publishes papers covering all aspects of image analysis from the low-level, iconic processes of early vision to the high-level, symbolic processes of recognition and interpretation. A wide range of topics in the image understanding area is covered, including papers offering insights that differ from predominant views.Research Areas Include:? Theory ? Early vision ? Data structures and representations ? Shape ? Range ? Motion ? Matching and recognition ? Architecture and languages ? Vision systems