Digital Image Interpolation in Matlab

Preface

The process of deriving real‐world application from scientific knowledge is usually a very, very long process. However, with the advancement in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, and its application in handheld device, image interpolation has rapidly migrated from complex mathematics and academic publications to everyday applications in smartphones, laptops and tablets. Image interpolation has become a red‐hot research topic in both academia and industry. One of the highly cited academic works in image interpolation is authored by Dr. Tam, which is an excerpt from her master thesis. Her work is also the origin of this book. However, this book is not intended to be a memoir of the work done by Dr. Tam and her research group; it is intended to be the course materials for senior‐ and graduate‐level courses, training materials for engineers, and also a reference text for readers who are working in the field of digital imaging.

All the image interpolation algorithms discussed in this book will include both theories, where detailed analytic analysis are derived, and implementations through MATLAB into useful tools. Numerous algorithms are reviewed in this book together with detailed discussions on their origins, performances, and limitations. We are particularly happy with the numerical simulations presented for all the algorithms described in this book to clarify the observable but difficult to explain image interpolation artifacts, as the author shares ...