Context enhancement through infrared vision: A modified fusion scheme

Signal, Image and Video Processing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 293-301

  Liu, Zheng ^a   Laganière, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Context enhancement; Image fusion; Infrared image; Night vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149026188     PISSN: 18631703     EISSN: 18631711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11760-007-0025-4     Document Type: Article

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