Bilinear interpolation determines the gray level from the weighted average of the nine closest pixels to the specified input coordinates and assigns that value to the output coordinates. This method generates an image with a smoother appearance than nearest neighbor, but the gray-level values are altered in the process, which can result in blurring or loss of image resolution. Similar to cubic-convolution resampling, bilinear interpolation is most appropriate for continuous data.
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