Image registration algorithm based on modified GLOH descriptor for infrared images and electro-optical images

Abstract

A new image registration algorithm for infrared images and electrooptical images is proposed in this paper. This algorithm is a combination of SIFT feature extraction algorithm and GLOH feature descriptor. Salient points of infrared images and electro-optical images are extracted along edges of images by using SIFT feature extraction algorithm. Then each salient point is described by using modified GLOH descriptor that formed a feature vector from the orientation histogram of sub-region around each salient point. After salient points matching by using Euclidean distance, RANSAC algorithm is used to eliminate wrong corresponding pairs. Then registration of infrared images and electro-optical images is achieved by affine transformation and bilinear interpolation. Experimental results for registration of infrared images and electro-optical images show that this algorithm has a good registration result. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.