雖然有很多期刊致力于圖像處理的主題，但實時圖像處理期刊(JRTIP)是唯一一個專門研究圖像和視頻處理的實時方面的期刊。通常情況下，一種圖像處理算法被開發出來并在理論上被證明是合理的，可能考慮到了特定的應用，但是它的實際應用以及實現其實時性能所需的詳細步驟、方法和權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踐之間的差距，服務于更多從事設計、實現或使用實時圖像和視頻處理系統的研究人員、實踐工程師和行業專業人士。實時方面是至關重要的在許多實際的設備或產品,如手機、數字仍然/視頻/手機相機、便攜式媒體播放器、個人數字助理、高清電視、視頻監控系統、工業視覺檢測系統,醫學影像設備,vision-assisted智能機器人,光譜成像系統,和許多其他嵌入式圖像或視頻處理系統。雜志涵蓋的主題包括:實時圖像和視頻處理算法實時嵌入式圖像/視頻處理系統實時圖像和視頻處理硬件和體系結構，包括FPGA、DSP、GPU、GPP、ASIC、片上系統(SoC)和包內系統(SiP)實現實時軟件優化和相關的圖像/視頻處理設計范例圖像和視頻處理的實時軟硬件協同設計實時圖像和視頻處理應用，包括數字、手機和智能相機、機器視覺、工業檢測、監視和安全、用于傳輸和數據庫存儲和檢索的圖像和視頻壓縮、生物醫學成像、光譜成像等。編輯委員會由來自學術界和工業界的專家組成，他們在推動實時圖像和視頻處理方面發揮了重要作用。總編輯和半數以上的董事會成員在這方面都有良好的記錄。在JRTIP發表實時圖像和視頻處理論文之前，他們曾參與過《實時成像》(Real-Time Imaging, RTI)雜志的工作，并從中獲得了幾年的經驗。

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.