Journal of Scientific Computing

, Volume 61, Issue 3, pp 490–512 | Cite as

Edge Detection from Non-Uniform Fourier Data Using the Convolutional Gridding Algorithm

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Abstract

Detecting edges in images from a finite sampling of Fourier data is important in a variety of applications. For example, internal edge information can be used to identify tissue boundaries of the brain in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, which is an essential part of clinical diagnosis. Likewise, it can also be used to identify targets from synthetic aperture radar data. Edge information is also critical in determining regions of smoothness so that high resolution reconstruction algorithms, i.e. those that do not “smear over” the internal boundaries of an image, can be applied. In some applications, such as MRI, the sampling patterns may be designed to oversample the low frequency while more sparsely sampling the high frequency modes. This type of non-uniform sampling creates additional difficulties in processing the image. In particular, there is no fast reconstruction algorithm, since the FFT is not applicable. However, interpolating such highly non-uniform Fourier data to the uniform coefficients (so that the FFT can be employed) may introduce large errors in the high frequency modes, which is especially problematic for edge detection. Convolutional gridding, also referred to as the non-uniform FFT, is a forward method that uses a convolution process to obtain uniform Fourier data so that the FFT can be directly applied to recover the underlying image. Carefully chosen parameters ensure that the algorithm retains accuracy in the high frequency coefficients. Similarly, the convolutional gridding edge detection algorithm developed in this paper provides an efficient and robust way to calculate edges. We demonstrate our technique in one and two dimensional examples.

Keywords

Edge detection Fourier data Convolutional gridding  Non-uniform fast Fourier transform 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of Mathematical SciencesUniversity of ArizonaTucsonUSA
  2. 2.School of Mathematical and Statistical SciencesArizona State UniversityTempeUSA
  3. 3.School of MathematicsUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisUSA

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