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ImageDev

Geometric Transforms

This group contains transforms commonly used to align images.
Geometric Transforms are usually used to align images. For example, if the subject and camera were not ideally positioned, rotating the image may improve visualization.

Rotation and translation can be used to align successive sections of CT scans or confocal microscope images. A combination of geometric transformations is sometimes used to restore satellite or remote sensing images.

In addition, some image processing operations, such as erosion, dilation, and even edge detection, are usually implemented for the main directions of the grid: 0, 45, 90, etc. To erode an image in the 20 direction, you could first rotate the image 20, and then perform a 0 erosion. Be aware that the rotation distorts the image because of resampling.