Infrared Technology, Volume. 46, Issue 9, 1060(2024)

Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Combining Multi-scale and Convolutional Attention

Yanjie QI and Qinhe HOU*
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  • School of Electronic Information Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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    Received: Jun. 21, 2023

    Accepted: Jan. 21, 2025

    Published Online: Jan. 21, 2025

    The Author Email: Qinhe HOU (776094677@qq.com)

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