Fusion of multi-focus images based on the 2-generation Curvelet transform

International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-42

  Wang, Wencheng ^a,b   Chang, Faliang ^b   Ji, Tao ^a   Zhang, Guoqiang ^b,c  

^a WEIFANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Curvelet transform; Depth of field; Image fusion; Multi focus image

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

CURVELET COEFFICIENTS; CURVELET TRANSFORMS; DEPTH OF FIELD; DESCRIPTION ABILITIES; ENERGY ANALYSIS METHOD; MULTIFOCUS IMAGE FUSION; MULTIFOCUS IMAGES; WEIGHTED AVERAGE METHOD;

IMAGE FUSION;

EID: 79952406170     PISSN: 19759339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4156/jdcta.vol5.issue1.5     Document Type: Article

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