A general framework for multiresolution image fusion: From pixels to regions

Information Fusion

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 259-280

  Piella, Gemma ^a  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Multiresolution decompositions; Multisource segmentation; Region based fusion

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS;

IMAGE FUSION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0242270987     PISSN: 15662535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-2535(03)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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