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Estimation of two-dimensional affine transformations through polar curve matching and its application to image

Luca Lucchese1, Simone Leorin, Guido M Cortelazzo

  • 1School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-5501, USA. luca@eecs.orst.edu

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