An invariant feature extraction for multi-modal images matching

Abstract: This paper aims at providing an effective multi-modal images invariant feature extraction and matching algorithm for the application of multi-source data analysis. Focusing on the differences and correlation of multi-modal images, a feature-based matching algorithm is implemented. The key technologies include phase congruency (PC) and Shi-Tomasi feature point for keypoints detection, LogGabor filter and a weighted partial main orientation map (WPMOM) for feature extraction, and a multi-scale process to deal with scale differences and optimize matching results. The experimental results on practical data from multiple sources prove that the algorithm has effective performances on multi-modal images, which achieves accurate spatial alignment, showing practical application value and good generalization.