Image Stitching - Comparisons and New Techniques

This work describes the steps involved in the generation of a panoramic image, i.e., image acquisition, image registration and image merging. Different approaches for each of these steps are discussed and compared. The resultant images from image registration and image merging are quantitatively evaluated to provide an indication to the performance of the different methods. The methods provided in this work can be used to generate panoramic images for the use of interactive panoramic viewing of images, architectural walk-through, and other applications associated with the modelling of 3D environments.

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