?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F173%2F&rft.title=Stitching+IC+Images&rft.creator=Pich%C3%A9%2C+Robert&rft.creator=Keyes%2C+Edward&rft.subject=None%2FOther&rft.subject=Information+and+communication+technology&rft.description=Image+stitching+software+is+used+in+many+areas+such+as+photogrammetry%2C+biomedical+imaging%2C+and+even+amateur+digital+photography.+However%2C+these+algorithms+require+relatively+large+image+overlap%2C+and+for+this+reason+they+cannot+be+used+to+stitch+the+integrated+circuit+(IC)+images%2C+whose+overlap+is+typically+less+than+60+pixels+for+a+4096+by+4096+pixel+image.%0A%0AIn+this+paper%2C+we+begin+by+using+algorithmic+graph+theory+to+study+optimal+patterns+for+adding+IC+images+one+at+a+time+to+a+grid.+In+the+remaining+sections+we+study+ways+of+stitching+all+the+images+simultaneously+using+different+optimisation+approaches%3A+least+squares+methods%2C+simulated+annealing%2C+and+nonlinear+programming.&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F173%2F1%2Fsemiconductor.pdf&rft.identifier=++Pich%C3%A9%2C+Robert+and+Keyes%2C+Edward++(2002)+Stitching+IC+Images.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++