Robust focus measure operator using adaptive log-polar mapping for three-dimensional shape recovery

Microscopy and Microanalysis : the Official Journal of Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, Microscopical Society of Canada
Ik-Hyun LeeTae-Sun Choi

Abstract

Shape from focus (SFF) is a passive optical technique that reconstructs object shape from a sequence of image taken at different focus levels. In SFF techniques, computing focus measurement for each pixel in the image sequence, through a focus measure operator, is the fundamental step. Commonly used focus measure operators compute focus quality in Cartesian space and suffer from erroneous focus quality and lack in robustness. Thus, they provide erroneous depth maps. In this paper, we introduce a new focus measure operator that computes focus quality in log-polar transform (LPT) Properties of LPT, such as biological inspiration, data selection, and edge invariance, enable computation of better focus quality in the presence of noise. Moreover, instead of using a fixed patch of the image, we suggest the use of an adaptive window. The focus quality is assessed by computing variation in LPT. The effectiveness of the proposed technique is evaluated by conducting experiments using image sequences of different simulated and real objects. The comparative analysis shows that the proposed method is robust and effective in the presence of various types of noise.

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Oct 22, 2019·Microscopy Research and Technique·Muhammad T Mahmood, Ik H Lee
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