Perceptual contrast-based image fusion: A variational approach

Zidonghua Xuebao/Acta Automatica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-137

  Wang, Chao ^a   Ye, Zhong Fu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Human visual system (HVS); Image fusion; Partial differential equations (PDEs); Perceptual contrast; Variational approach; Weber's law

Indexed keywords

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EULER-LAGRANGE EQUATION; HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM (HVS); JUST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE (JND); PERCEPTUAL CONTRAST; VARIATIONAL APPROACH;

IMAGE FUSION;

EID: 34247282704     PISSN: 02544156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/aas-007-0132     Document Type: Article

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