Method
Given two input images and :
Apply a window function (e.g., a Hamming window) on both images to reduce edge effects. Then, calculate the discrete 2D Fourier transform of both images.
Calculate the cross-power spectrum by taking the complex conjugate of the second result, multiplying the Fourier transforms together elementwise, and normalizing this product elementwise.
Obtain the normalized cross-correlation by applying the inverse Fourier transform.
Determine the location of the peak in .
Commonly, interpolation methods are used to estimate the peak location to non-integer values, despite the fact that the data are discrete. Because the Fourier representation of the data has already been computed, it is especially convenient to use the Fourier shift theorem with real-valued shifts for this purpose. It is also possible to infer the peak location from phase characteristics in Fourier space without the inverse transformation, as noted by Stone
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