Title
Stitching algorithms for biological specimen images
Abstract
In this paper, we address the problem of combining multiple overlapping image sections of biological specimens to obtain a single image containing the entire specimen. This is useful in the digitisation of a large number of biological specimens stored in museum collections and laboratories. In the case of many large specimens, it means that the specimen must be captured in overlapping sections instead of a single image. In this research, we have compared the performance of several known algorithms for this problem. In addition, we have developed several new algorithms based on matching the geometry (width, slope, and curvature) of the specimens at the boundaries. Finally, we compare the performance of a bagging approach that combines the results from multiple stitching algorithms. Our detailed evaluation shows that brightness-based and curvature-based approaches produce the best matches for the images in this domain.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1504/IJCVR.2011.039354
IJCVR
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
2
1
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0976-9218
0
0.34
References 
Authors
26
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sanjiv K. Bhatia114716.25
A Samal21033213.54
Vishal Seri300.34
Scott L. Gardner400.34