readme.txt

fimreg
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Fast Image Registration

Performs a highly efficient Image Registration by using an Advantech DSPC-8681 PCIe expansion card. This is
a supplementary software for our article in the Springer Journal of Realtime Image Processing with the title:
"Highly efficient image registration for embedded systems using a distributed multicore DSP architecture"
which is available for purchase at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11554-014-0457-3

If you want to understand what the application does this paper is the best starting point. Please be aware
that this software is a limited research prototype. If you need industrial quality please contact one of
the authors.

Related projects: https://github.com/RoelofBerg/limereg.git (Lightweight Image Registration. Same as fimreg
but without the demand for special hardware.)

INSTALLATION: See install.txt

OPERATION:
- Start one of the boot-scripts in the folder named 'startscripts'
- Check operation by using one of the example scripts 'start...bat' (compare the output to our paper)
- Execute <fimreg-install-folder>\cpu\x64\Release\fimreg.exe --help for more instructions how to perform your
  own image registrations. The images have to be 2D, square dimension (e.g. 1000x1000 pixels) and grayscale