MatchAnything: Universal Cross-Modality Image Matching with Large-Scale Pre-Training

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Auteurs principaux: He, Xingyi, Yu, Hao, Peng, Sida, Tan, Dongli, Shen, Zehong, Bao, Hujun, Zhou, Xiaowei
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author He, Xingyi
Yu, Hao
Peng, Sida
Tan, Dongli
Shen, Zehong
Bao, Hujun
Zhou, Xiaowei
author_facet He, Xingyi
Yu, Hao
Peng, Sida
Tan, Dongli
Shen, Zehong
Bao, Hujun
Zhou, Xiaowei
contents Image matching, which aims to identify corresponding pixel locations between images, is crucial in a wide range of scientific disciplines, aiding in image registration, fusion, and analysis. In recent years, deep learning-based image matching algorithms have dramatically outperformed humans in rapidly and accurately finding large amounts of correspondences. However, when dealing with images captured under different imaging modalities that result in significant appearance changes, the performance of these algorithms often deteriorates due to the scarcity of annotated cross-modal training data. This limitation hinders applications in various fields that rely on multiple image modalities to obtain complementary information. To address this challenge, we propose a large-scale pre-training framework that utilizes synthetic cross-modal training signals, incorporating diverse data from various sources, to train models to recognize and match fundamental structures across images. This capability is transferable to real-world, unseen cross-modality image matching tasks. Our key finding is that the matching model trained with our framework achieves remarkable generalizability across more than eight unseen cross-modality registration tasks using the same network weight, substantially outperforming existing methods, whether designed for generalization or tailored for specific tasks. This advancement significantly enhances the applicability of image matching technologies across various scientific disciplines and paves the way for new applications in multi-modality human and artificial intelligence analysis and beyond.
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spellingShingle MatchAnything: Universal Cross-Modality Image Matching with Large-Scale Pre-Training
He, Xingyi
Yu, Hao
Peng, Sida
Tan, Dongli
Shen, Zehong
Bao, Hujun
Zhou, Xiaowei
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image matching, which aims to identify corresponding pixel locations between images, is crucial in a wide range of scientific disciplines, aiding in image registration, fusion, and analysis. In recent years, deep learning-based image matching algorithms have dramatically outperformed humans in rapidly and accurately finding large amounts of correspondences. However, when dealing with images captured under different imaging modalities that result in significant appearance changes, the performance of these algorithms often deteriorates due to the scarcity of annotated cross-modal training data. This limitation hinders applications in various fields that rely on multiple image modalities to obtain complementary information. To address this challenge, we propose a large-scale pre-training framework that utilizes synthetic cross-modal training signals, incorporating diverse data from various sources, to train models to recognize and match fundamental structures across images. This capability is transferable to real-world, unseen cross-modality image matching tasks. Our key finding is that the matching model trained with our framework achieves remarkable generalizability across more than eight unseen cross-modality registration tasks using the same network weight, substantially outperforming existing methods, whether designed for generalization or tailored for specific tasks. This advancement significantly enhances the applicability of image matching technologies across various scientific disciplines and paves the way for new applications in multi-modality human and artificial intelligence analysis and beyond.
title MatchAnything: Universal Cross-Modality Image Matching with Large-Scale Pre-Training
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.07556