title: Adaptively quadratic (AQua) image interpolation.
abstract: Image interpolation is a key aspect of digital image processing. This paper presents a novel interpolation method based on optimal recovery and adaptively determining the quadratic signal class from the local image behavior. The advantages of the new interpolation method are the ability to interpolate directly by any factor and to model properties of the data acquisition system into the algorithm itself. Through comparisons with other algorithms it is shown that the new interpolation is not only mathematically optimal with respect to the underlying image model, but visually it is very efficient at reducing jagged edges, a place where most other interpolation algorithms fail.
authors.affiliation: Digital Multi-Media Design, Arlington, VA 22209, USA. darian@dmmd.net
authors.forename: D Darian
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Muresan
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Parks
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D044962:Data Compression / Q000379:methods*; D005246:Feedback; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014741:Video Recording / Q000379:methods*