A new multiwavelet-based approach to image fusion

Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-192

  Wang, Hai Hui ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Feature selection; Image fusion; Multisensor images; Multiwavelet transform; Mutual information; Objective evaluation criteria; Pixel level fusion

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

FEATURE SELECTION; IMAGE FUSION; MULTISENSOR IMAGES; MULTIWAVELET TRANSFORMS; MUTUAL INFORMATION; OBJECTIVE EVALUATION CRITERIA; PIXEL LEVEL FUSION;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 3142740858     PISSN: 09249907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JMIV.0000035181.00093.e3     Document Type: Article

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