Weighted image fusion based on multi-scale top-hat transform: Algorithms and a comparison study

Optik

Volumn 124, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1660-1668

  Bai, Xiangzhi ^a   Gu, Shuhang ^a   Zhou, Fugen ^a   Xue, Bindang ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Mathematical morphology; Multi scale top hat transform; Weighted image fusion

Indexed keywords

BETTER PERFORMANCE; EFFECTIVE ALGORITHMS; FUSION STRATEGIES; IMAGE FUSION ALGORITHMS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SECURITY SURVEILLANCE; STRUCTURING ELEMENT; TOP-HAT TRANSFORM;

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; OBJECT RECOGNITION; TARGET TRACKING;

IMAGE FUSION;

EID: 84877697271     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2012.06.029     Document Type: Article

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