This document discusses the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and its implementation in MATLAB. It begins with an introduction to DWTs, explaining that they decompose signals into different frequency bands using low-pass and high-pass filters. It then describes how 2D DWTs are implemented by applying 1D transforms separately to rows and columns, producing subbands that emphasize different types of edges. The document provides steps for performing DWTs in MATLAB, including single-level and multi-level decomposition and reconstruction. It concludes by showing decomposed images and discussing how DWTs separate approximation and detail information.