Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 14, 1437013(2024)

Multiscale Dilated U-Net Based Multifocus Image Fusion Algorithm

Fenghao Nie, Mengxia Li*, Mengxiang Zhou, Yuxue Dong, Zhiliang Li, and Long Li
Author Affiliations
  • College of Computer Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, Hubei , China
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    Architecture of MDUF-Net
    Structure of feature extraction block
    Multi-scale dilated convolution block
    RFB-s module
    Channel attention module
    Image reconstruction module
    Examples of simulated multi-focus images. (a) Source images; (b) segmentation images; (c) near-focus images; (d) far-focus images
    Loss function curve of MDUF-Net
    Fused results of Lytro-01 image. (a)(b) Source images; (c) CNN; (d) SR; (e) DRPL; (f) GFF; (g) IFCNN; (h) MWGF; (i) NSCT; (j) SESF; (k) ZMFF; (l) U2Fusion; (m) MDUF-Net
    Fused results of Lytro-19 image. (a)(b) Source images; (c) CNN; (d) SR; (e) DRPL; (f) GFF; (g) IFCNN; (h) MWGF; (i) NSCT; (j) SESF; (k) ZMFF; (l) U2Fusion; (m) MDUF-Net
    • Table 1. Indexes of various fusion algorithms on the Lytro-01 image

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      Table 1. Indexes of various fusion algorithms on the Lytro-01 image

      AlgorithmQAGQVIFQAB/FQMI
      CNN5.76950.95220.75105.2257
      SR5.74690.93920.74185.0395
      DRPL5.85670.92220.74805.1753
      GFF5.79390.94260.75045.0534
      IFCNN5.83950.91840.72074.3886
      MWGF5.71820.95120.74005.1323
      NSCT5.82060.94830.75125.2486
      SESF5.82970.95460.74885.2724
      ZMFF5.66140.91960.70624.1763
      U2Fusion5.86670.90260.63403.6650
      MDUF-Net6.02290.97810.75145.3169
    • Table 2. Indexes of various fusion algorithms on the Lytro-19 image

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      Table 2. Indexes of various fusion algorithms on the Lytro-19 image

      AlgorithmQAGQVIFQAB/FQMI
      CNN6.24860.91340.78035.9004
      SR6.19280.88550.76705.5997
      DRPL6.33940.88460.77335.7115
      GFF6.27200.90930.77895.6647
      IFCNN6.21480.85180.73594.4883
      MWGF6.29790.91050.77725.7532
      NSCT6.28580.90540.77715.7122
      SESF6.29230.91350.77145.8819
      ZMFF6.03840.86010.72774.4961
      U2Fusion6.47740.75400.69153.9025
      MDUF-Net6.52890.91840.77876.0549
    • Table 3. Average indexes of various fusion algorithems on Lytro datast

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      Table 3. Average indexes of various fusion algorithems on Lytro datast

      AlgorithmQAGQVIFQAB/FQMI
      CNN6.83390.92850.76435.8017
      SR6.79450.91840.74425.5437
      DRPL6.91310.90530.75015.6439
      GFF6.85440.92960.75435.6360
      IFCNN6.86840.89090.72314.7230
      MWGF6.85730.93450.75095.6644
      NSCT6.86830.91030.75315.6733
      SESF6.87560.93800.75075.7824
      ZMFF6.81590.90390.71144.9679
      U2Fusion6.88790.86710.68574.1807
      MDUF-Net7.03050.94860.76395.8725
    • Table 4. Average time calculated by different algorithms

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      Table 4. Average time calculated by different algorithms

      AlgorithmAverage time /s
      CNN299.64
      SR366.20
      DRPL0.62
      GFF1.18
      IFCNN0.37
      MWGF8.68
      NSCT160.71
      SESF0.41
      ZMFF1.58
      U2Fusion2.49
      MDUF-Net0.24
    • Table 5. Indexes of different variants of MDUF-Net

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      Table 5. Indexes of different variants of MDUF-Net

      Variant of MDUF-NetQAGQVIFQAB/FQMI
      U-Net6.77210.90890.72174.9374
      Without-MDCB6.83040.92760.74715.2928
      Without-RFB6.91130.93950.75835.6835
      MDUF-Net7.03050.94860.76395.8725
    • Table 6. Ablation experiment with and without dilation convolution cascade module

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      Table 6. Ablation experiment with and without dilation convolution cascade module

      Variant of MDUF-NetQAGQVIFQAB/FQMI
      Without-Dilated6.87390.93170.75365.5179
      MDUF-Net7.03050.94860.76395.8725
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    Fenghao Nie, Mengxia Li, Mengxiang Zhou, Yuxue Dong, Zhiliang Li, Long Li. Multiscale Dilated U-Net Based Multifocus Image Fusion Algorithm[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(14): 1437013

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    Paper Information

    Category: Digital Image Processing

    Received: Nov. 6, 2023

    Accepted: Jan. 10, 2024

    Published Online: Jul. 8, 2024

    The Author Email: Mengxia Li (limengxia@yangtzeu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP232443

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP232443

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