• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 60, Issue 14, 1410005 (2023)
Jiawen Song, Daming Zhu*, Zhitao Fu, and Sijing Chen
Author Affiliations
  • Faculty of Land Resources Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650031, Yunnan, China
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    Jiawen Song, Daming Zhu, Zhitao Fu, Sijing Chen. Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Based on Contrast and Structure Extraction[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(14): 1410005 Copy Citation Text show less
    Examples of visible image and its enhanced image. (a) Marne; (b) enhanced Marne; (c) Road; (d) enhanced Road
    Fig. 1. Examples of visible image and its enhanced image. (a) Marne; (b) enhanced Marne; (c) Road; (d) enhanced Road
    Flowchart of the proposed fusion method
    Fig. 2. Flowchart of the proposed fusion method
    Fusion results of man, manwithbag, and tricycle scenarios
    Fig. 3. Fusion results of man, manwithbag, and tricycle scenarios
    Fusion results in the “Movie_01” scene
    Fig. 4. Fusion results in the “Movie_01” scene
    Fusion results in the “helib_011” scene
    Fig. 5. Fusion results in the “helib_011” scene
    Fusion results in six classic scenes
    Fig. 6. Fusion results in six classic scenes
    21 objective evaluation of fusion results of test images
    Fig. 7. 21 objective evaluation of fusion results of test images
    MethodAG↑EN↑QcbSF↑EI↑QAB/FTime/s↓
    INS4.9886.5510.48618.16050.4140.6943.269
    Proposed method7.1077.2950.57322.35872.3880.7741.581
    Table 1. Objective evaluation of fusion results (mean value)
    MethodAG↑EN↑QcbSF↑EI↑QAB/FTime/s↓
    ADF3.6446.2900.5029.09336.3980.4170.718
    CNN4.3137.0740.55511.12244.0690.48860.484
    FPDE3.5306.2710.4898.55735.2940.3901.434
    GTF3.2636.6570.4128.71633.0210.3463.968
    HMSD_GF4.8247.0270.55112.35949.0820.4671.148
    Hybrid_MSD4.5296.8870.54511.74646.0410.4564.133
    IFEVIP3.8306.6810.4699.73039.3900.4070.173
    TIF4.0246.5550.52710.36941.5150.4330.100
    VSMWLS4.6026.6490.50511.81646.1300.4361.814
    Proposed method5.1986.9800.58113.21552.3990.5161.493
    Table 2. Objective evaluation of fusion results (mean value)
    MethodAGENSFEI
    Unweighted4.0844.80115.44840.388
    No adaptive enhancement4.3517.10315.70744.553
    Proposed method6.1047.14019.86461.843
    Table 3. Influence of weight and image enhancement on the fusion effect (mean value)
    Jiawen Song, Daming Zhu, Zhitao Fu, Sijing Chen. Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Based on Contrast and Structure Extraction[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(14): 1410005
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