Name

ccfpl - calculate the cross-correlation function between two images using padding with zeroes, multiplication in Fourier space, and normalization of the result by the actual number of pixels used for calculating the ccf coefficients.

Usage

output = ccfpl(image, ref, center=True)

Input

image

input image (real)

ref

second input image (real) (in the alignment problems, it should be the reference image).

center

if set to True (default), the origin of the result is at the center; if set to False, the origin is at (0,0), the option is much faster, but the result is difficult to use

Output

output

cross-correlation function between image and ref. Real. The origin of the cross-correlation function (term ccf(0,0,0)) is located at (int[n/2], int[n/2], int[n/2]) in 3D, (int[n/2], int[n/2]) in 2D, and at int[n/2] in 1D.

Method

• In order to calculate the lag-normalized cross-correlation function between image f and reference image g, first both image are padded with zeroes to twice the size. Next, Fourier transforms of both images are calculated, then their product in Fourier space as `hat(f)hat(g)^**`, then the inverse Fourier transform, the ccf is windowed out using the size of original images, and the resulting cross-correlation function is normalized by the lag, i.e., the actual number of pixels in image that entered the calculation.

• In real space, this corresponds to:

• `c\cfpl(n)=(nx)/(nx-|n|)sum_(k=0)^(nx-1)f(k+n)g(k)`

• `n = -(nx)/2, ..., (nx)/2`

• with the assumption that `g(k)=0 fo\r k<0 or kgenx`

• Note: ccfpl is free from "wrap around" artifacts.

Reference

Pratt, W. K., 1992. Digital image processing. Wiley, New York.

Author / Maintainer

Pawel A. Penczek

Keywords

category 1

FUNDAMENTALS

category 2

FOURIER

Files

fundamentals.cpp

Maturity

stable

works for most people, has been tested; test cases/examples available.

Bugs

None. It is perfect.