A New Method of Image Fusion Based on M-Band Wavelet Transform

Author

Yang, Rui-hong ; Pan, Quan ; Cheng, Yong-mei

Author_Institution

Coll. of Autom., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an

fYear

2006

fDate

13-16 Aug. 2006

Firstpage

3870

Lastpage

3873

Abstract

In this paper, a new image fusion method based on M-band wavelet is proposed. M-band wavelet transform domain has its superiority to 2-band wavelet transform domain in energy compaction and direction selection. Considering both the multi-scale-multi-direction information and the correlation property in M-band wavelet domain, an image fusion scheme based on cross-band-window is brought forward. The simulation results in multi-focus image fusion verify the superiority of our proposed method to the method based on 2-band wavelet in both the subjective and objective evaluation

Keywords

image processing; sensor fusion; wavelet transforms; M-band wavelet transform; correlation property; cross-band-window; direction selection; energy compaction; image fusion; multiscale-multidirection information; Cybernetics; Educational institutions; Filters; Frequency; Image fusion; Machine learning; Pixel; Signal analysis; Signal synthesis; Wavelet analysis; Wavelet domain; Wavelet transforms; Cross-band-Window; M-band Wavelet Transform; Multi-focus Image Fusion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2006 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dalian, China

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0061-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMLC.2006.258737

Filename

4028746