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In this case, the picture below shows a color fringe detected on its edges.

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I am experiencing the same difficulty on a hyperspectral image, so I am looking for a good algorithm correcting chromatic aberration for hyperspectral images. I understand there are several algorithms for RGB images, but it seems that it's difficult to extend any of them for hyperspectral images.

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    – Libor
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Having worked with hyperspectral images from experimental setups, I know it's hard to fix these little details.

The best way my group has to fix alignment and chromatic shifts is to use calibration images: Take a picture of something simple for which you know how the result should look like, and use the same correction on every pictures you take hereafter.

A simple example I'm thinking would be to take a picture of a small white dot against a black background. Every misaligned color will create a colored dot at a different place. You then find the mathematical operation necessary to put all these colored dots back together, creating a single white one (it will probably be a translation with a color dependant magnitude).

IF this shift is always the same from picture to picture, you can implement it in your data reduction code. IF not, you will have to take a calibration picture before every picture you take.

If you're lucky, it will be a translation. If you're not, the transformation might also depend on where you are in the picture. In that case, use a grid of white dots.

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