An Improved Image Fusion Method of Infrared Image and SAR Image via Shearlet and Sparse Representation

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
XiuXia Ji
Keyword(s):  
Image Fusion ◽  
Sparse Representation ◽  
Infrared Image ◽  
Fusion Method ◽  
Sar Image ◽  
Image Fusion Method

Image Fusion Method Based on Multi-scale Directional Fast Guided Filter and Convolutional Sparse Representation

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-269
Author(s):  
Liu Xian-Hong ◽  
Chen Zhi-Bin
Keyword(s):  
Image Fusion ◽  
Sparse Representation ◽  
Filter Bank ◽  
Guided Filter ◽  
Fusion Method ◽  
Edge Preserving ◽  
Directional Information ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Directional Filter ◽  
Image Fusion Method

Background: A multi-scale multidirectional image fusion method is proposed, which introduces the Nonsubsampled Directional Filter Bank (NSDFB) into the multi-scale edge-preserving decomposition based on the fast guided filter. Methods: The proposed method has the advantages of preserving edges and extracting directional information simultaneously. In order to get better-fused sub-bands coefficients, a Convolutional Sparse Representation (CSR) based approximation sub-bands fusion rule is introduced and a Pulse Coupled Neural Network (PCNN) based detail sub-bands fusion strategy with New Sum of Modified Laplacian (NSML) to be the external input is also presented simultaneously. Results: Experimental results have demonstrated the superiority of the proposed method over conventional methods in terms of visual effects and objective evaluations. Conclusion: In this paper, combining fast guided filter and nonsubsampled directional filter bank, a multi-scale directional edge-preserving filter image fusion method is proposed. The proposed method has the features of edge-preserving and extracting directional information.

scholarly journals Image fusion method based on simultaneous sparse representation with non‐subsampled contourlet transform

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guiqing He ◽  
Siyuan Xing ◽  
Xingjian He ◽  
Jun Wang ◽  
Jianping Fan
Keyword(s):  
Image Fusion ◽  
Sparse Representation ◽  
Contourlet Transform ◽  
Fusion Method ◽  
Image Fusion Method

Image fusion method based on spatially masked convolutional sparse representation

2019 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 103806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changda Xing ◽  
Zhisheng Wang ◽  
Quan Ouyang ◽  
Chong Dong ◽  
Chaowei Duan
Keyword(s):  
Image Fusion ◽  
Sparse Representation ◽  
Fusion Method ◽  
Image Fusion Method

scholarly journals Multi-focus Image Fusion Based on Decision Map and Sparse Representation

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
pp. 3612
Author(s):  
Liao ◽  
Chen ◽  
Mo
Keyword(s):  
Image Fusion ◽  
Sparse Representation ◽  
Focal Length ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fusion Method ◽  
Optical Lens ◽  
Transitional Area ◽  
Fusion Methods ◽  
Focus Image ◽  
Image Fusion Method

As the focal length of an optical lens in a conventional camera is limited, it is usually arduous to obtain an image in which each object is focused. This problem can be solved by multi-focus image fusion. In this paper, we propose an entirely new multi-focus image fusion method based on decision map and sparse representation (DMSR). First, we obtained a decision map by analyzing low-scale images with sparse representation, measuring the effective clarity level, and using spatial frequency methods to process uncertain areas. Subsequently, the transitional area around the focus boundary was determined by the decision map, and we implemented the transitional area fusion based on sparse representation. The experimental results show that the proposed method is superior to the other five fusion methods, both in terms of visual effect and quantitative evaluation.

scholarly journals A Noisy SAR Image Fusion Method Based on NLM and GAN

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 410
Author(s):  
Jing Fang ◽  
Xiaole Ma ◽  
Jingjing Wang ◽  
Kai Qin ◽  
Shaohai Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Fusion ◽  
Generative Adversarial Networks ◽  
Fusion Method ◽  
Sar Image ◽  
Color Information ◽  
Image Block ◽  
Sar Images ◽  
Adversarial Networks ◽  
Fused Image ◽  
Image Fusion Method

The unavoidable noise often present in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images, such as speckle noise, negatively impacts the subsequent processing of SAR images. Further, it is not easy to find an appropriate application for SAR images, given that the human visual system is sensitive to color and SAR images are gray. As a result, a noisy SAR image fusion method based on nonlocal matching and generative adversarial networks is presented in this paper. A nonlocal matching method is applied to processing source images into similar block groups in the pre-processing step. Then, adversarial networks are employed to generate a final noise-free fused SAR image block, where the generator aims to generate a noise-free SAR image block with color information, and the discriminator tries to increase the spatial resolution of the generated image block. This step ensures that the fused image block contains high resolution and color information at the same time. Finally, a fused image can be obtained by aggregating all the image blocks. By extensive comparative experiments on the SEN1–2 datasets and source images, it can be found that the proposed method not only has better fusion results but is also robust to image noise, indicating the superiority of the proposed noisy SAR image fusion method over the state-of-the-art methods.

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