Integrated multilevel image fusion and match score fusion of visible and infrared face images for robust face recognition

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 880-893

  Singh, Richa ^a   Vatsa, Mayank ^a   Noore, Afzel ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dezert Smarandache theory; Face recognition; Granular computing; Image fusion; Match score fusion; Support vector machine

Indexed keywords

FACE RECOGNITION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; INFRARED IMAGING; ROBUST CONTROL; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DEZERT SMARANDACHE THEORY; GRANULAR COMPUTING; MATCH SCORE FUSION; MULTISPECTRAL FACE IMAGES;

IMAGE FUSION;

EID: 35549002279     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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