Multi-focus image fusion based on nonsubsampled contourlet transform and focused regions detection

Optik

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-51

  Li, Huafeng ^a   Chai, Yi ^a   Li, Zhaofei ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fusion rules; Image fusion; Morphological opening and closing; Nonsubsampled contourlet transform (NSCT)

Indexed keywords

FUSED IMAGES; FUSION RULE; MORPHOLOGICAL OPENING; MULTIFOCUS IMAGE FUSION; MULTIFOCUS IMAGES; MULTIRESOLUTION IMAGES; NONSUBSAMPLED CONTOURLET TRANSFORMS; ORIGINAL IMAGES; SUBBAND COEFFICIENTS;

PIXELS;

IMAGE FUSION;

EID: 84868508670     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2011.11.088     Document Type: Article

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