Multi-frame image fusion using the expectation-maximization algorithm

2005 7th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 469-474

  Yang, Jinzhong ^a   Blum, Rick S ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Image formation model; Multi frame image fusion; Night vision

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INFRARED IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION (EM); IMAGE FORMATION MODEL; MULTI-FRAME IMAGE FUSION; NIGHT VISION; SENSOR NOISE REDUCTION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847096050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIF.2005.1591892     Document Type: Conference Paper

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