Color image fusion algorithm using the contourlet transform

Tien Tzu Hsueh Pao/Acta Electronica Sinica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-117

  Li, Guang Xin ^a   Wang, Ke ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Color image fusion; Contourlet transform; IHS transform; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COLOR IMAGE FUSION; CONTOURLET TRANSFORM; FUSION RULE; GRAYSCALE IMAGE; INTENSITY COMPONENT; INTENSITY HUE SATURATION (IHS) TRANSFORM; MATHEMATICAL TOOL; REPLACEMENT COMPONENT; RGB COLOR SPACE; THERMAL IMAGE; VISUAL IMAGE;

IMAGE FUSION;

EID: 34147210516     PISSN: 03722112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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