Research and Development of Multi-Scale to Pixel-Level Image Fusion

Abstract:

Image fusion method based on image multi-scale decomposition is a kind of fusion method of multi-scale, multi-resolution image fusion. Its fusion process realize in different scales and different spatial resolution and different decomposition layer. Fusion effects based on multi-scale decomposition algorithm can obviously improve compared to the simple fusion methods. Among the fusion algorithm based on multi-scale to pixel-level image fusion, Pyramid decomposition and wavelet decomposition are widely used, the original image is decomposed to convert the original image domain to transform domain, and then, fusion process realized in transform domain according to certain rules of image fusion. Basic principle of fusion process was introduced in detail in this paper, and pixel level fusion algorithm at present was summed up. Simulation results on fusion are presented to illustrate the proposed fusion scheme. In practice, fusion algorithm was selected according to imaging characteristics being retained.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 448-453)
• Pages: 3625-3628
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.448-453.3625
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Ming Jing Li, Xiao Li Wang, Yu Bing Dong
• Keywords: Image Fusion, Multi-Scale, Pixel Level

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