Efficient subpixel image registration by cross-correlation

Registers two images (2-D rigid translation) within a fraction of a pixel specified by the user.

Registers two images (2-D rigid translation) within a fraction of a pixel specified by the user. Instead of computing a zero-padded FFT (fast Fourier transform), this code uses selective upsampling by a matrix-multiply DFT (discrete FT) to dramatically reduce computation time and memory without sacrificing accuracy. With this procedure all the image points are used to compute the upsampled cross-correlation in a very small neighborhood around its peak. This algorithm is referred to as the single-step DFT algorithm in [1].
[1] Manuel Guizar-Sicairos, Samuel T. Thurman, and James R. Fienup, "Efficient subpixel image registration algorithms," Opt. Lett. 33, 156-158 (2008).
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