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Subpixel Shift Estimation in Noisy Image Using Iterative Phase Correlation of A Selected Local Region  

Ha, Ho-Gun (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University)
Jang, In-Su (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University)
Ko, Kyung-Woo (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University)
Ha, Yeong-Ho (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University)
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Abstract
In this paper, we propose a subpixel shift estimation method using phase correlation with a local region for the registration of noisy images. Phase correlation is commonly used to estimate the subpixel shift between images, which is derived from analyzing shifted and downsampled images. However, when the images are affected by additive white Gaussian noise and aliasing artifacts, the estimation error is increased. Thus, instead of using the whole image, the proposed method uses a specific local region that is less affect by noises. In addition, to improve the estimation accuracy, iterative phase correlation is applied between selected local regions rather than using a fitting function. the restricted range is determined by analyzing the maximum peak and the two adjacent values of the inverse Fourier transform of the normalized cross power spectrum. In the experiments, the proposed method shows higher accuracy in registering noisy images than the other methods. Thus, the edge-sharpness and clearness in the super-resolved image is also improved.
Keywords
image registration; subpixel shift esitmation; phase correlation; super resolution;
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