Image Matching Algorithm Under Adverse Conditions Based on SIFT

Image matching technology is crucial in computer vision applications. However, the traditional SIFT (Scale-Invariant Feature Transform) algorithm often faces challenges under adverse conditions, such as a high number of mismatched points and few accurately matched points. Additionally, in practical scenarios, environmental factors like lighting changes and image blurring further reduce image similarity. Therefore, this paper proposes an improved SIFT-based image matching algorithm to address these challenges. First, SIFT is used to extract image features, and a bidirectional FLANN (Fast Library for Approximate Nearest Neighbors) matching strategy is employed to initially filter out incorrect features. Then, the RANSAC (Random Sample Consensus) algorithm is used to screen out unreliable matching point pairs. Finally, the matching accuracy is evaluated based on the remaining pure matching point pairs. Experimental results demonstrate that, compared to the traditional SIFT algorithm, this improved algorithm achieves higher matching accuracy and robustness under adverse conditions, exhibiting superior performance.