Multi-sensor image enhanced fusion algorithm based on NSST and top-hat transformation

Optik

Volumn 126, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 4184-4190

  Zhi She, Wang ^a,b   Feng Bao, Yang ^a   Zhi Hao, Peng ^a   Lei, Chen ^a   Li E, Ji ^a  

^a NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Local directional information entropy; NSST; Top hat transformation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED IMAGING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION; IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS; NSST; SHEARLET TRANSFORMS; SUBBAND COEFFICIENTS; TOP-HAT TRANSFORMATION; VISIBLE LIGHT IMAGES;

IMAGE FUSION;

EID: 84952311342     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2015.08.118     Document Type: Article

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