Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 39, Issue 6, 810(2020)

Fusion method for infrared and other-type images based on the multi-scale Gaussian filtering and morphological transform

Zhi-Jian LI1,2, Feng-Bao YANG1、*, Yu-Bin GAO3, Lin-Na JI1, and Peng HU1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Information and Communication Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan030051, China
  • 2North University of China, Shuozhou, Shuozhou036000, China
  • 3Department of Mathematics, North University of China, Taiyuan030051, China
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    Zhi-Jian LI, Feng-Bao YANG, Yu-Bin GAO, Lin-Na JI, Peng HU. Fusion method for infrared and other-type images based on the multi-scale Gaussian filtering and morphological transform[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2020, 39(6): 810

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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing and Software Simulation

    Received: Jan. 7, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 20, 2021

    The Author Email: Feng-Bao YANG (yfengb@163.com)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2020.06.021

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