Feature Based Image Registration Techniques: An Introductory Survey

  Vrushank H. Gandhi,  Sandip R. Panchal

This paper aims to present review of various techniques used for feature based image registration. Image registration is used to combine two or more partially overlapped images and stitch these images into one panoramic image comprising the whole scene. Image registration is very crucial step in all image analysis tasks in which the final information is obtained from the combination of various data sources. Image registration finds its applications in various fields like remote sensing, medical imaging, computer vision and cartography. The reviewed approach is classified according to the four basic steps of feature based image registration: feature detection, feature matching, transformation function design, and image transformation and resampling. The advantages and disadvantages of methods are mentioned in this paper. The main goal of the paper is to provide a detailed reference source for the researchers involved in feature based image registration, irrespective of particular application field mentioned above.

Keywords- Image registration, Feature detection, Feature matching, Mapping function, Resampling

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1401064
Page Number(s) - 368-375
Pubished in - Volume 2 | Issue 1 | March 2014
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Vrushank H. Gandhi,  Sandip R. Panchal,   "Feature Based Image Registration Techniques: An Introductory Survey", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.2, Issue 1, pp.368-375, March 2014, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1401064.pdf