Infrared Technology, Volume. 47, Issue 3, 367(2025)

An Improved Dual Discriminator Generative Adversarial Network Algorithm for Infrared and Visible Image Fusion

Guangfeng LIAO1, Zhiwei GUAN1,2, and Qiang CHEN1,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Automobile and Transportation, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, Tianjin 300222, China
  • 2School of Automobile and Rail Transportation, Tianjin Sino-German University of Applied Sciences, Tianjin 300350, China
  • 3National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Vehicle Road Collaboration and Safety Technology, Tianjin 300222, China
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    An infrared and visible image fusion algorithm, based on a dual-discriminator generative adversarial network, is proposed to address issues, such as the insufficient extraction of global and multiscale features and the imprecise extraction of key information, in existing infrared and visible image fusion algorithms. First, a generator combines convolution and self-attention mechanisms to capture multiscale local and global features. Second, the attention mechanism is combined with skip connections to fully utilize multiscale features and reduce information loss during the downsampling process. Finally, two discriminators guide the generator to focus on the salient targets of the infrared images and background texture information of visible-light images, allowing the fused image to retain more critical information. Experimental results on the public multi-scenario multi-modality (M3FD) and multi-spectral road scenarios (MSRS) datasets show that compared with the baseline algorithms, the results of the six evaluation metrics improved significantly. Specifically, the average gradient (AG) increased by 27.83% and 21.06% on the two datasets, respectively, compared with the second-best results. The fusion results of the proposed algorithm are rich in detail and exhibit superior visual effects.

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    LIAO Guangfeng, GUAN Zhiwei, CHEN Qiang. An Improved Dual Discriminator Generative Adversarial Network Algorithm for Infrared and Visible Image Fusion[J]. Infrared Technology, 2025, 47(3): 367

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    Received: May. 19, 2024

    Accepted: Apr. 18, 2025

    Published Online: Apr. 18, 2025

    The Author Email: CHEN Qiang (chen@tute.edu.cn)

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