Figure 1
Schematic illustration of the proposed TVDM principle for aligning similar images. Panels (a) and (b) show the target and source images It and Is. (c) It − Is when two images are aligned. It has non-zero background since the gray scales of It and Is are not calibrated. (d) Gradient map of (c). The non-zero background is removed from the gradient operation, so only edges are reserved. (e) It − Is when two images are not aligned. (f) Gradient map of (e). The number of edge points is doubled compared with that in (d). |