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Entropy-based image registration method using the curvelet transform

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Registration is a prerequisite for fusion of geometrically distorted images. Traditionally, intensity-based image registration methods are preferred to feature-based ones due to higher accuracy of the former than that of the latter. To reduce computational load, image registration is often carried out using the approximate-level coefficients of a wavelet-like transform. Directional selectivity of the transform and the objective function used for the coefficients play vital roles in the alignment process of images. This paper introduces an image registration algorithm that uses the approximate-level coefficients of the curvelet transform, directional selectivity of which is better than many wavelet-like transforms. A conditional entropy-based objective function is developed for registration using a suitable probabilistic model of the curvelet coefficients of images. Suitability of the probability distribution of the coefficients is validated using a standard method to assess goodness of fit. To align the distorted images, the affine transformation that possesses parameters related to the translation, rotation, scaling, and shearing is used. Extensive experimentations are carried out to test the performance of the proposed registration method considering that the images are synthetically or naturally distorted. Experimental results show that performance of the proposed registration method is superior to existing methods in terms of commonly used performance metrics.

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  2. Institute of Statistical Research and Training, Dhaka University, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh

    Tamanna Howlader

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    S. M. Mahbubur Rahman

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Alam, M.M., Howlader, T. & Rahman, S.M.M. Entropy-based image registration method using the curvelet transform. SIViP 8, 491–505 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11760-012-0394-1

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