Underwater Video Mosaicing for Seabed Mapping
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This paper presents improved techniques and applications in mosaicing of underwater video images. The applications are of use to many marine scientists. High resolution seabed maps are created. The improvements in the processing relate to removal of interframe variability and lighting, speed up of the mosaicing process and improved accuracy in the estimation of the transformation parameters. Results are presented for real data acquired under a variety of circumstances and scenes.
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