Image Magnification Method Based on Linear Interpolation and Wavelet and PDE

This paper proposes a novel image magnification method based on bilinear interpolation, wavelet, and partial differential equation (PDE) techniques. The image which is interpolated linearly is decomposed by wavelet into a low frequency component image and three high frequency component images, and then the three high frequency component images and the original image regarded as low-frequency component will be used for image magnification by invert wavelet transform. Finally, a PDE involving gray fidelity constraint item called improvement-self-snake mode is presented in post-processing of the magnified image. The experimental results show that the proposed linear interpolation-wavelet-PDE approach is indeed efficient and effective in image magnification. In addition, we also compare the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the linear interpolation-wavelet-PDE magnification method with methods of linear interpolation, linear interpolation-wavelet, and wavelet-PDE. The simulating results show that the linear interpolation-wavelet-PDE method indeed outperforms the three kinds of image magnification approaches mentioned above.

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