Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 60, Issue 14, 1410005(2023)

Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Based on Contrast and Structure Extraction

Jiawen Song, Daming Zhu*, Zhitao Fu, and Sijing Chen
Author Affiliations
  • Faculty of Land Resources Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650031, Yunnan, China
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    Figures & Tables(10)
    Examples of visible image and its enhanced image. (a) Marne; (b) enhanced Marne; (c) Road; (d) enhanced Road
    Flowchart of the proposed fusion method
    Fusion results of man, manwithbag, and tricycle scenarios
    Fusion results in the “Movie_01” scene
    Fusion results in the “helib_011” scene
    Fusion results in six classic scenes
    21 objective evaluation of fusion results of test images
    • Table 1. Objective evaluation of fusion results (mean value)

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      Table 1. Objective evaluation of fusion results (mean value)

      MethodAG↑EN↑QcbSF↑EI↑QAB/FTime/s↓
      INS4.9886.5510.48618.16050.4140.6943.269
      Proposed method7.1077.2950.57322.35872.3880.7741.581
    • Table 2. Objective evaluation of fusion results (mean value)

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      Table 2. Objective evaluation of fusion results (mean value)

      MethodAG↑EN↑QcbSF↑EI↑QAB/FTime/s↓
      ADF3.6446.2900.5029.09336.3980.4170.718
      CNN4.3137.0740.55511.12244.0690.48860.484
      FPDE3.5306.2710.4898.55735.2940.3901.434
      GTF3.2636.6570.4128.71633.0210.3463.968
      HMSD_GF4.8247.0270.55112.35949.0820.4671.148
      Hybrid_MSD4.5296.8870.54511.74646.0410.4564.133
      IFEVIP3.8306.6810.4699.73039.3900.4070.173
      TIF4.0246.5550.52710.36941.5150.4330.100
      VSMWLS4.6026.6490.50511.81646.1300.4361.814
      Proposed method5.1986.9800.58113.21552.3990.5161.493
    • Table 3. Influence of weight and image enhancement on the fusion effect (mean value)

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      Table 3. Influence of weight and image enhancement on the fusion effect (mean value)

      MethodAGENSFEI
      Unweighted4.0844.80115.44840.388
      No adaptive enhancement4.3517.10315.70744.553
      Proposed method6.1047.14019.86461.843
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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Jul. 21, 2022

    Accepted: Aug. 29, 2022

    Published Online: Jul. 14, 2023

    The Author Email: Zhu Daming (634617255@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP222132

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