Clifford-fourier transform for color image processing

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to define a Clifford-Fourier transform that is suitable for color image spectral analysis. There have been many attempts to define such a transformation using quaternions or Clifford algebras. We focus here on a geometric approach using group actions. The idea is to generalize the usual definition based on the characters of abelian groups by considering group morphisms from 2 to spinor groups Spin(3) and Spin(4). The transformation we propose is parameterized by a bivector and a quadratic form, the choice of which is related to the application to be treated. A general definition for 4D signal defined on the plane is also given; for particular choices of spinors, it coincides with the definitions of S. Sangwine and T. Bülow. © 2010 Springer-Verlag London Limited.