Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 2, 0210001(2020)

Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Method Based on Tikhonov Regularization and Detail Reconstruction

Xin Lu, Lin Yang, Min Li, and Xuewu Zhang*
Author Affiliations
  • College of Internet of Things Engineering, Hohai University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213022, China
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    Algorithm flow diagram
    Framework of image reconstruction model
    Generative network structure
    Discriminant network structure
    Network training process
    Comparison of decomposition effects of different decomposition algorithms for “Smoke” scene. (a) Original image; (b) bilateral filtering; (c) guided filtering; (d) Gaussian pyramid; (e) wavelet transform; (f) Tikhonov regularization, α=2; (g) Tikhonov regularization, α=4 ; (h) Tikhonov regularization, α=8
    Comparison of decomposition effects of different decomposition algorithms for “Heather” scene. (a) Original image; (b) bilateral filtering; (c) guided filtering; (d) Gaussian pyramid; (e) wavelet transform; (f) Tikhonov regularization, α=2; (g) Tikhonov regularization, α=4 ; (h) Tikhonov regularization, α=8
    Fusion effects of different algorithms in “Quad” scene. (a) Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) DenseNet; (d) LatLRR; (e) VGG; (f) ResNet; (g) VSM; (h) QD; (i) GAN; (j) proposed algorithm
    Fusion effects of different algorithms in “Smoke” scene. (a)Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) DenseNet; (d) LatLRR; (e) VGG;(f) ResNet; (g) VSM; (h) QD; (i) GAN; (j) proposed algorithm
    Fusion effects of different algorithms in “Nato_camp” scene. (a) Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) DenseNet; (d) LatLRR; (e) VGG; (f) ResNet; (g) VSM; (h) QD; (i) GAN; (j) proposed algorithm
    Fusion effects of different algorithms in blurred “Kaptein_1123” scene. (a) Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) DenseNet; (d) LatLRR; (e) VGG; (f) ResNet; (g) VSM; (h) QD; (i) GAN; (j) proposed algorithm
    Fusion effects of different algorithms in blurred “Heather” scene. (a) Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) DenseNet; (d) LatLRR; (e) VGG; (f) ResNet; (g) VSM; (h) QD; (i) GAN; (j) proposed algorithm
    Fusion results of proposed algorithm in other scenes. (a) Steamer; (b) Bunker; (c) Street; (d) Jeep; (e) Soldier
    Comparison of program running time of different algorithms
    • Table 1. Parameter information of fully convolutional block

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      Table 1. Parameter information of fully convolutional block

      NameKernel sizeStridePaddingOutput paddingOutput sizeBN
      Input----320×320×64-
      Conv1128×5×522-160×160×128
      Conv2256×3×321-80×80×256
      Conv3512×3×321-40×40×512
      Conv4512×3×321-20×20×512
      Conv51024×1×12--10×10×1024
      DeConv1512×1×12-120×20×512
      Add(Conv4+DeConv1)----20×20×512-
      DeConv2512×1×121140×40×512
      Add(Conv3+DeConv2)----40×40×512-
      DeConv3256×3×321180×80×256
      Add(Conv2+DeConv3)----80×80×256-
      DeConv4128×3×3211160×160×128
      Add(Conv1+DeConv4)----160×160×128-
      DeConv564×5×5221320×320×64
      Add(Input+DeConv5)----320×320×64-
      Output1×5×512-320×320×1-
    • Table 2. Objective evaluation results of different fusion methods

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      Table 2. Objective evaluation results of different fusion methods

      ImageMetricDenseNetLatLRRVGGResNetVSMQDGANProposed method
      BunkerEN6.98076.81436.72776.80487.10737.07206.70437.1513
      SD31.40328.37926.13728.18636.00639.47125.94737.497
      SSIM1.27901.18061.15041.18501.21371.02721.14791.1767
      CC0.62700.63160.63450.63970.62230.53940.63260.6274
      SF0.01800.01980.02020.02030.02130.02090.02120.0213
      HeatherEN6.94136.60366.86436.73727.12346.79956.74117.0281
      SD32.67426.33730.48928.53738.26731.18530.19137.529
      SSIM1.01850.95731.01361.00441.04340.82660.90950.9770
      CC0.55750.55740.56490.56800.53800.46240.51060.5545
      SF0.01740.01860.01970.01940.02100.01910.02040.0212
      SandpathEN6.76426.25256.58666.54196.54196.73486.11596.7899
      SD29.81222.35726.15927.95227.95232.38518.07228.921
      SSIM0.90220.81950.88850.88110.88110.80180.77230.8921
      CC0.47800.47330.48580.46810.46810.42860.48160.4725
      SF0.02680.02620.02690.02730.02730.02700.02690.0273
      JeepEN7.14966.54707.13316.99497.02407.23586.79807.2032
      SD35.98823.43035.08033.68335.42739.73828.66938.340
      SSIM0.65120.50180.64600.62880.63220.58750.49700.6019
      CC0.36410.36170.36500.36710.35530.31740.28180.3428
      SF0.01320.01290.01510.01510.01610.01580.01520.0170
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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Jun. 24, 2019

    Accepted: Sep. 9, 2019

    Published Online: Jan. 2, 2020

    The Author Email: Zhang Xuewu (lab_112@126.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202040.0210001

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