Contourlet Transform in the Application of the Image Fusion

Abstract:

Image Fusion is integrating two or more sensors at the same time or at different times of image or videos equenece to generate a new interpretation of this scene. Its main purpose is increasing reliability or image resolution by redueing uncertainty through redundancy of different images.In this paper, a image fusion method based on contourlet transform is presented. The algorithm can fuse corresponding information in different resolutions and directions, which makes the fused image clearer and more abundant in details. Meanwhile, because of the fuzzy logic’s capacity of resolving uncertain problems, it overcomes the drawbacks of traditional fusion algorithm based on contourlet transform, and integrates as much information as possible into the fused image.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 239-240)
• Pages: 1432-1436
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.239-240.1432
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Zhuan Zheng Zhao
• Keywords: Contourlet Transform, Image Fusion

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