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The coarse-to-fine matching strategy is a computationally efficient search technique often used in stereomatching or motion detection. The coarse-to-fine search is based on the assumption of spectral continuity and does not work when different spatial frequencies carry unrelated information, as frequently occurs in images containing transparent or lacy surfaces. Simple demonstrations are used to illustrate and discuss this issue.
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Prazdny, K. On the coarse-to-fine strategy in stereomatching. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 25, 92–94 (1987). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330294
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