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This comment analyzes and clarifies some questions proposed by Mastriani (Quantum Inf Process 16:27, 2017). These questions include the distinction between simulation verifications and quantum algorithms, the classical-to-quantum and quantum-to-classical interfaces, quantum measurement problem. Firstly, we propose that these questions are confusion, and even wrong. Then, we analyze the storage and computing performances of quantum Boolean image processing (QuBoIP), and conclude that QuBoIP has almost no significance for development of quantum image processing. Meanwhile, we describe how to verify the correctness of quantum algorithms using Matlab, and consider that the simulation verification of quantum algorithms is feasible on classic computers. Although quantum measurement is the open issue of quantum image processing, quantum image processing deserves further research and are significant. In conclusion, we believe that this comment is helpful for the developing of quantum image processing by clarifying these confusing questions proposed by Mario Mastriani.
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 61462026, 61762012, and 61763014, the Science and Technology Project of Guangxi under Grant No. 2018JJA170083, the National Key R&D Plan under Grant Nos. 2018YFC1200200 and 2018YFC1200205, the Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Jiangxi Province under Grant No. 2018ACB2101, Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province of China under Grant No. 20192BAB207014, Science and technology research project of Jiangxi Provincial Education Department under Grant No. GJJ190297. We thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful feedback.
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Li, HS., Fan, P., Xia, Hy. et al. A comment on “Quantum image processing?”. Quantum Inf Process 19, 155 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-020-02654-0
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