This document provides an overview of the topics that will be covered in lectures 1-3 of the course MATHEMATICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES. The lectures will cover fundamentals of image formation, sampling and quantization, spatial domain filtering techniques including intensity transformations, histogram equalization, and smoothing/sharpening filters. Frequency domain filtering including the Fourier transform and filters such as lowpass, highpass, and bandpass will also be discussed. Recommended textbooks and reference materials are provided.