Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 37, Issue 11, 1110004(2017)

Fusion of Infrared and Visible Images Based on Multi-Scale Directional Guided Filter and Convolutional Sparse Representation

Xianhong Liu and Zhibin Chen*
Author Affiliations
  • Mechanical Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering College, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050003, China
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    Decomposed results of low-frequency subband of UNcamp infrared source image via Gaussian filter. (a) Infrared source image; (b) low-frequency subband after filtering; (c) low-frequency approximate component; (d) strong edge component
    Partial enlarged views of Fig.1. (a1)(a2) Infrared source image; (b1)(b2) low-frequency subband after filtering; (c1)(c2) low-frequency approximate component; (d1)(d2) strong edge component
    Saliency of UNcamp infrared source image obtained by different methods. (a) Infrared source image; (b) method of reference [5]; (c) method of reference [15]
    Fused results of Quad source images. (a) Visible source image; (b) infrared source image; (c) DWT method; (d) NSCT+PCNN method; (e) GFF method; (f) SR method; (g) DWT+SR method; (h)proposed method
    Fused results of Leaves source images. (a) Visible source image; (b) infrared source image; (c) DWT method; (d) NSCT+PCNN method; (e) GFF method; (f) SR method; (g) DWT+SR method; (h)proposed method
    Fused results of UNcamp source images. (a) Visible source image; (b) infrared source image; (c) DWT method; (d) NSCT+PCNN method; (e) GFF method; (f) SR method; (g) DWT+SR method; (h)proposed method
    Partial enlarged views of advertising board in Quad fused images. (a) Visible source image; (b) infrared source image; (c) DWT method; (d) NSCT+PCNN method; (e) GFF method; (f) SR method; (g) DWT+SR method; (h) proposed method
    Partial enlarged views of traffic light in Quad fused images. (a) Visible source image; (b) infrared source image; (c) DWT method; (d) NSCT+PCNN method; (e) GFF method; (f) SR method; (g) DWT+SR method; (h) proposed method
    Partial enlarged views of object board in Leaves fused images. (a) Visible source image; (b) infrared source image; (c) DWT method; (d) NSCT+PCNN method; (e) GFF method; (f) SR method; (g) DWT+SR method; (h) proposed method
    Partial enlarged views of object in UNcamp fused images. (a) Visible source image; (b) infrared source image; (c) DWT method; (d) NSCT+PCNN method; (e) GFF method; (f) SR method; (g) DWT+SR method; (h) proposed method
    • Table 1. Objective evaluation for Quad fused images

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      Table 1. Objective evaluation for Quad fused images

      IndexDWTNSCT+PCNNGFFSRDWT+SRProposed method
      AGV51.891380.299470.863069.004169.967991.6608
      STD23.197634.379032.253436.840736.014740.6317
      IE6.02396.75396.53286.80636.83936.9126
      MI1.91463.03081.71462.74772.24963.4649
      SF11.983812.098212.014013.754212.603515.0227
      QAB/F0.49800.56460.57820.52430.58200.6111
    • Table 2. Objective evaluation for Leaves fused images

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      Table 2. Objective evaluation for Leaves fused images

      IndexDWTNSCT+PCNNGFFSRDWT+SRProposed method
      AGV35.687432.852842.154840.528842.851351.2290
      STD34.836537.880838.829239.075641.602547.7524
      IE6.56826.41716.75426.61566.78826.9611
      MI3.45173.00773.82344.23953.65204.5171
      SF20.842319.219720.130920.531221.588429.3360
      QAB/F0.62890.57370.63830.63600.63120.6459
    • Table 3. Objective evaluation for UNcamp fused images

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      Table 3. Objective evaluation for UNcamp fused images

      IndexDWTNSCT+PCNNGFFSRDWT+SRProposed method
      AGV90.736195.169290.554491.355392.9005111.7959
      STD24.816027.558525.851628.569532.075933.8266
      IE6.40296.70796.42286.71126.84976.9260
      MI1.48721.85811.58781.85501.70422.0552
      SF10.71808.87979.115810.720611.380313.0813
      QAB/F0.41330.37680.42800.37110.40850.4455
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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Jul. 17, 2017

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 7, 2018

    The Author Email: Chen Zhibin (shangxinboy@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS201737.1110004

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