• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 37, Issue 10, 1010002 (2017)
Wenshan Ding*, Duyan Bi, Linyuan He, Zunlin Fan, and Dongpeng Wu
Author Affiliations
  • Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, China
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    Wenshan Ding, Duyan Bi, Linyuan He, Zunlin Fan, Dongpeng Wu. Fusion of Infrared and Visible Images Based on Shearlet Transform and Neighborhood Structure Features[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2017, 37(10): 1010002 Copy Citation Text show less
    Frequency domain decomposition of shearlet
    Fig. 1. Frequency domain decomposition of shearlet
    Decomposing process of shearlet
    Fig. 2. Decomposing process of shearlet
    Results contrast of low frequency image with three fusion algorithms. (a) Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) image obtained by Ref.[13] algorithm; (d) image obtained by Ref.[14] algorithm; (e) fusion image obtained by proposed algorithm
    Fig. 3. Results contrast of low frequency image with three fusion algorithms. (a) Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) image obtained by Ref.[13] algorithm; (d) image obtained by Ref.[14] algorithm; (e) fusion image obtained by proposed algorithm
    Differences of image structures. (a) Infrared image; (b) structure of infrared image; (c) visible image; (d) structure of visible image
    Fig. 4. Differences of image structures. (a) Infrared image; (b) structure of infrared image; (c) visible image; (d) structure of visible image
    Fusion results of the first group of infrared and visible images. (a) Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) fusion image based on DWT; (d) fusion image based on NSCT; (e) fusion image based on NSST; (f) fusion image based on proposed algorithm
    Fig. 5. Fusion results of the first group of infrared and visible images. (a) Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) fusion image based on DWT; (d) fusion image based on NSCT; (e) fusion image based on NSST; (f) fusion image based on proposed algorithm
    Fusion results of the second group of infrared and visible images. (a) Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) fusion image based on DWT; (d) fusion image based on NSCT; (e) fusion image based on NSST; (f) fusion image based on proposed algorithm
    Fig. 6. Fusion results of the second group of infrared and visible images. (a) Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) fusion image based on DWT; (d) fusion image based on NSCT; (e) fusion image based on NSST; (f) fusion image based on proposed algorithm
    Fusion results of the third group of infrared and visible images. (a) Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) fusion image based on DWT; (d) fusion image based on NSCT; (e) fusion image based on NSST; (f) fusion image based on proposed algorithm
    Fig. 7. Fusion results of the third group of infrared and visible images. (a) Visible image; (b) infrared image; (c) fusion image based on DWT; (d) fusion image based on NSCT; (e) fusion image based on NSST; (f) fusion image based on proposed algorithm
    Image setAlgorithmEQMIQeSSIM
    Scene 1DWT6.96075.65431.002148.08920.67663
    NSCT6.70165.81020.8820136.94740.63675
    NSST6.70255.62651.812733.8890.72794
    Proposed7.18085.80312.074454.68830.79593
    Scene 2DWT6.6824.15161.222436.75370.5853
    NSCT6.56413.43720.9310836.25370.55668
    NSST6.73244.03521.853835.91150.60291
    Proposed6.95454.28522.531336.85370.61965
    Scene 3DWT5.66472.80271.037221.57150.79876
    NSCT6.15521.94011.339219.82520.72061
    NSST5.77451.25382.405912.27250.79907
    Proposed6.11452.96902.433722.89010.81681
    Table 1. Objective evaluation of fusion images using different algorithms
    Wenshan Ding, Duyan Bi, Linyuan He, Zunlin Fan, Dongpeng Wu. Fusion of Infrared and Visible Images Based on Shearlet Transform and Neighborhood Structure Features[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2017, 37(10): 1010002
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