A Novel Histogram Based Robust Image Registration Technique
This is an incremental improvement for remote sensing applications.
The paper tackles the problem of automatic image registration for remotely sensed data by proposing a histogram-based method that combines multiple image segmentations with object characterization, achieving subpixel accuracy.
In this paper, a method for Automatic Image Registration (AIR) through histogram is proposed. Automatic image registration is one of the crucial steps in the analysis of remotely sensed data. A new acquired image must be transformed, using image registration techniques, to match the orientation and scale of previous related images. This new approach combines several segmentations of the pair of images to be registered. A relaxation parameter on the histogram modes delineation is introduced. It is followed by characterization of the extracted objects through the objects area, axis ratio, and perimeter and fractal dimension. The matched objects are used for rotation and translation estimation. It allows for the registration of pairs of images with differences in rotation and translation. This method contributes to subpixel accuracy.