Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Combining Pulse-Coupled Neural Network and Guided Filtering

XiaoLing Zhou; Zetao Jiang

doi:10.3788/AOS201939.1110003

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Acta Optica Sinica
Vol. 39, Issue 11, 1110003 (2019)

Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Combining Pulse-Coupled Neural Network and Guided Filtering

XiaoLing Zhou^1、2 and Zetao Jiang^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Guangxi Key Laboratory of Image and Graphic Intelligent Processing, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China

²College of Electronic Information and Automation, Guilin University of Aerospace Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China

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XiaoLing Zhou, Zetao Jiang. Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Combining Pulse-Coupled Neural Network and Guided Filtering[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(11): 1110003 Copy Citation Text

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Fig. 1. Neuronal construction of the improved PCNN

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Fig. 2. Flow chart of the proposed fusion method

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Fig. 3. Four groups of the original infrared and visible images. (a) Camp infrared image; (b) camp visible image; (c) dune infrared image; (d) dune visible image; (e) kayak infrared image; (f) kayak visible image; (g) road infrared image; (h) road visible image

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Fig. 4. Fusion results of different fusion methods. (a1)-(a4) Fusion results of GFF; (b1)-(b4) fusion results of EF; (c1)-(c4) fusion results of NSCT_PCNN; (d1)-(d4) fusion results of the proposed PCNN_GFF

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Image groups	Evaluation index	Value
Image groups	Evaluation index	GFF	FE	NSCT_PCNN	PCNN_GFF (Proposed)
Camp	Cerf	0.60	1.14	0.78	0.13
	SF	21.30	24.32	25.02	37.91
	sh	6.44	6.75	6.85	6.93
Dune	Cerf	0.26	0.59	0.24	0.10
	SF	9.55	15.01	11.56	30.79
	sh	5.79	6.36	6.01	5.90
Kayak	Cerf	3.89	0.47	0.59	0.56
	SF	15.4572	16.42	15.59	25.01
	sh	6.01	6.72	6.59	6.41
Road	Cerf	1.22	1.35	1.26	0.10
	SF	33.97	37.03	36.01	42.74
	sh	7.2	7.43	7.33	7.52

Table 1. Objective evaluation indexes of different fusion methods

Method value	GFF	FE	NSCT_PCNN	PCNN_GFF(proposed)
Time /s	0.35	0.38	32.79	0.21

Table 2. Average running time of different fusion methods

XiaoLing Zhou, Zetao Jiang. Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Combining Pulse-Coupled Neural Network and Guided Filtering[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(11): 1110003

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