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Ten Good Reasons for Using Splines for Signal/Image Proccessing

M. Unser

2009/2010 CSC/PIMS Distinguished Speaker Series in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Simon Fraser University (DSS-SFU'10), Vancouver BC, Canada, April 9, 2010.

"Think analog, act digital" is a motto that is relevant to scientific computing and algorithm design in a variety of disciplines, including numerical analysis, image/signal processing, and computer graphics. Here, we will argue that cardinal splines constitute a theoretical and computational framework that is ideally matched to this philosophy, especially when the data is available on a uniform grid. We show that multidimensional spline interpolation or approximation can be performed most efficiently using recursive digital filtering techniques. We highlight a number of "optimal" aspects of splines (in particular, polynomial ones) and discuss fundamental relations with: (1) Shannon's sampling theory, (2) linear system theory, (3) wavelet theory, (4) regularization theory, (5) estimation theory, and (6) stochastic processes (in particular, fractals). The practicality of the spline framework is illustrated with concrete image processing examples; these include derivative-based feature extraction, high-quality rotation and scaling, and (rigid body or elastic) image registration. 

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