Sub-pixel image interpolations for PIV

Several interpolations for image deformation in PIV were evaluated. The tested interpolation methods are linear, quadratic, truncated sinc, windowed sinc, cubic, Lagrange, Gaussian $2^{nd}\;and\;6^{th}$ interpolators. Bias errors and random errors were evaluated in the range of $0\~3.0$ pixel uniform displacement using synthetic images. We also measured the time cost of each interpolator with respect to kernel size. The cubic interpolator with $6\times6$ kernel showed the best results in terms of the performance and time cost.