title: Locally adaptive wavelet-based image interpolation.
abstract: We describe a spatially adaptive algorithm for image interpolation. The algorithm uses a wavelet transform to extract information about sharp variations in the low-resolution image and then implicitly applies interpolation which adapts to the image local smoothness/singularity characteristics. The proposed algorithm yields images that are sharper compared to several other methods that we have considered in this paper. Better performance comes at the expense of higher complexity.
authors.affiliation: Hewlett-Packard Taiwan Ltd, Taipei, ROC.
authors.forename: S Grace
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cvetković
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vetterli
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted