Image mosaicking using SURF features of line segments.
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SUBMITTER: Yang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5351852 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Image mosaicking using SURF features of line segments.
Yang Zhanlong Z Shen Dinggang D Yap Pew-Thian PT
PloS one 20170315 3
In this paper, we present a novel image mosaicking method that is based on Speeded-Up Robust Features (SURF) of line segments, aiming to achieve robustness to incident scaling, rotation, change in illumination, and significant affine distortion between images in a panoramic series. Our method involves 1) using a SURF detection operator to locate feature points; 2) rough matching using SURF features of directed line segments constructed via the feature points; and 3) eliminating incorrectly match ...[more]
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