title: Numerical method for the interpolation of digitized lines (unrolling method).
abstract: The proposed method can be used for reconstructing, from n not necessarily equidistant points of a digitized polydrome line, a set of n1 equidistant points (with n1 > n) interpolating the original points. This method is based on a transformation of the original line into a digitized monodrome function D(1i) (unrolling function), where 1i is the line length between the origin and the ith point (i = 1,..., n1). Advantage of this method consists in reducing the two-dimensional interpolation problem to the one-dimensional field. In scintigraphic imaging, it is possible to achieve interpolation and coding of ROI's (Regions Of Interest) edges. For n samples of a monodrome line this method can also be applied, representing a possible alternative to splines. The numerical procedure is developed to reduce the noise on the points.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, University of Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Voegelin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paoli
mesh_terms: D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted