A novel DWT based multi-focus image fusion method

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 177-181

  Yang, Yong ^a  

^a JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Consistency verification; DWT; Image sharpness; Multi focus image fusion

Indexed keywords

DWT; FOCUS MEASURE; FUSION METHODS; FUSION RULE; HIGH FREQUENCY; IMAGE SHARPNESS; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW FREQUENCY DOMAIN; MULTIFOCUS IMAGE FUSION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUB-BANDS; VERIFICATION PROCESS;

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

IMAGE FUSION;

EID: 84862950959     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.2622     Document Type: Conference Paper

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