Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 60, Issue 2, 0210006(2023)

Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Based on Image Enhancement and Rolling Guidance Filtering

Jiaming Liang, Shen Yang*, and Lifan Tian
Author Affiliations
  • School of Information Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, Hubei, China
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    Framework of the proposed algorithm
    Enhancement results for visible images. (a) Visible images; (b) enhancement results obtained by CE algorithm; (c) enhancement results obtained by proposed algorithm
    Brightness layer extraction results. (a) Original images; (b) results of brightness layer extracted by ME-AV-G; (c) results of brightness layer extracted by proposed method
    Block diagram of multi-scale decomposition
    Effectiveness analysis of image enhancement module. (a) Fusion results without image enhancement module; (b) fusion results using image enhancement module
    Fusion results under different decomposition stages. (a) 3-grade decomposition fusion result; (b) 4-grade decomposition fusion result; (c) 5-grade decomposition fusion result; (d) 6-grade decomposition fusion result
    Fusion results obtained by different fusion methods for road image
    Fusion results obtained by different fusion methods for tree image
    Fusion results obtained by different fusion methods for school image
    Fusion results obtained by different fusion methods for camp image
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    • Table 1. Objective indicator analysis of the fusion of different decomposition series

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      Table 1. Objective indicator analysis of the fusion of different decomposition series

      Decomposition layerSFAGEIQcbIE
      313.39535.479453.24640.49717.1966
      413.57665.559254.16710.49527.2032
      513.62835.624654.92540.49227.2131
      613.74685.686355.62000.48517.2263
    • Table 2. Objective evaluation indicators of different fusion methods

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      Table 2. Objective evaluation indicators of different fusion methods

      Sourse imgaeMethodSFAGEIQcbIE
      RoadHMSD17.56746.007963.11500.55156.7081
      LATLRR12.18484.081143.29280.54296.3014
      LP16.32905.494158.07960.50806.6372
      IFEVIP14.11625.410657.85830.54746.7129
      NSCT_SR16.70095.857062.41930.60406.8281
      VSMWLS16.03355.183153.80140.55576.2132
      MGFF14.86785.464457.86540.50616.6685
      MDLATLRR16.67945.628959.80570.49756.5621
      CNN16.21215.501358.12580.59726.7048
      RFN-NEST6.46142.290425.00550.51265.8536
      Proposed method23.96378.163982.52670.57346.6276
      TreeHMSD23.85109.229894.83320.65696.7835
      LATLRR22.36508.857091.78810.68326.8747
      LP21.76028.303585.29990.62276.5519
      IFEVIP24.67689.8544101.80780.69497.0194
      NSCT_SR21.24178.175183.97550.69286.7355
      VSMWLS21.79118.311084.52470.67936.6296
      MGFF26.934910.1338104.99810.55876.1870
      MDLATLRR23.90899.183795.20200.61816.4839
      CNN21.38908.181383.96450.6436.8264
      RFN-NEST10.84564.690050.71990.61346.4651
      Proposed method41.155718.2584183.01800.63037.5858
      SchoolHMSD10.64504.328242.13930.46727.1635
      LATLRR6.33932.515125.03820.49296.7015
      LP9.23273.821137.62720.48876.7776
      IFEVIP9.09313.710236.73820.47216.9825
      NSCT_SR9.71354.104641.38970.49887.0301
      VSMWLS10.37174.244540.93540.46576.9551
      MGFF10.00964.220241.72720.50016.8664
      MDLATLRR9.00273.640236.25170.46706.7518
      CNN9.26413.818137.64190.49967.1048
      RFN-NEST4.63681.838119.83480.49447.0005
      Proposed method13.57665.559254.16710.49527.2032
      CampHMSD12.95885.373354.90350.57366.9385
      LATLRR8.41603.649438.17720.52906.5826
      LP10.96814.633847.90020.57306.6718
      IFEVIP10.40974.528046.59330.48376.7702
      NSCT_SR10.76144.643748.80540.55876.8129
      VSMWLS11.77734.921149.74690.59466.6122
      MGFF11.85345.178853.64990.56406.8117
      MDLATLRR10.15954.314845.02090.56946.5432
      CNN10.95954.655948.14310.57777.0665
      RFN-NEST7.31923.469537.72550.57756.8510
      Proposed method16.56197.357575.40300.54617.0468
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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Sep. 30, 2021

    Accepted: Nov. 22, 2021

    Published Online: Feb. 8, 2023

    The Author Email: Shen Yang (yangshen@wust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP212636

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