Title :
Image fusion using blur estimation
Author :
Soleimani, Seyfollah ; Rooms, Filip ; Philips, Wilfried ; Tessens, Linda
Author_Institution :
TELIN-IPI-IBBT, Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
In this paper, a new wavelet based image fusion method is proposed. In this method, the blur levels of the edge points are estimated for every slice in the stack of images. Then from corresponding edge points in different slices, the sharpest one is brought to the final image and others are eliminated. The intensities of non-edge pixels are assigned by the slice of its nearest neighbor edge. Results are promising and outperform other methods in most cases of the tested methods.
Keywords :
edge detection; image fusion; wavelet transforms; blur estimation; blur levels; edge points; image stack; nearest neighbor edge; non-edge pixels; wavelet based image fusion method; Estimation; Image edge detection; Image fusion; Pixel; Wavelet domain; Wavelet transforms; blur estimation; image fusion; local maxima; wavelet transform;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing (ICIP), 2010 17th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7992-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1522-4880
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.2010.5653370