A non-rigid registration method for multispectral imaging of plants

Registration of multispectral images remains a challenging task due to the lack of stable feature points. Methods based on intensities are generally more robust for multi-modal image registration, but are computationally demanding or are restrictive to the transformation model allowed in the registration. This paper proposes a new registration framework which overcomes these drawbacks. The proposed method optimizes the location of a set of virtual landmarks in order to get robust and accurate registration.