一种红外偏振图像的二次融合方法

根据红外偏振特性图像的冗余性与互补性,提出了一种基于梯度特征和支持度变换的二次融合方法。利用提出的方法先对红外偏振度与偏振角图像进行梯度特征融合,然后利用支持度变换对梯度特征融合图像和合成强度图像进行二次融合,得到了边缘突出、轮廓清晰、对比度高的的融合图像。实验结果表明:融合图像与偏振角图像、偏振度图像、合成强度图像相比局部方差分别提高23.02%、176.9%、148.2%;对比度分别提高67.84%、196.5%、49.39%;平均梯度分别提高46.09%、164.1%、214.5%。     

一种基于小波变换的红外偏振融合算法

针对红外偏振图像可以较好地抑制背景噪声,对目标边缘信息比较敏感的特点,提出一种基于小波变换的红外偏振融合算法,它主要用于红外辐射强度图像和偏振度图像融合,增加图像的信息量。首先采用小波变换对参与融合的每幅图像分别进行各尺度分解,得到各尺度小波系数,然后针对不同尺度小波系数,采用邻域平均梯度为判据进行融合,得到融合后的各尺度小波系数,最后通过小波逆变换进行图像重构,得到融合图像。融合前后的图像对比表明融合图像在保留辐射强度图像的清晰度的同时,突出了目标的边缘、轮廓信息。相对于辐射强度图像,融合图像的梯度均值提高了112%,相对于偏振度图像,融合图像的标准差提高了151%,信息熵提高了38%。     

Fusion of infrared polarization and intensity images using support value transform and fuzzy combination rules

Infrared polarization and intensity imagery provide complementary and discriminative information in image understanding and interpretation. In this paper, a novel fusion method is proposed by effectively merging the information with various combination rules. It makes use of both low-frequency and high-frequency images components from support value transform (SVT), and applies fuzzy logic in the combination process. Images (both infrared polarization and intensity images) to be fused are firstly decomposed into low-frequency component images and support value image sequences by the SVT. Then the low-frequency component images are combined using a fuzzy combination rule blending three sub-combination methods of (1) region feature maximum, (2) region feature weighting average, and (3) pixel value maximum; and the support value image sequences are merged using a fuzzy combination rule fusing two sub-combination methods of (1) pixel energy maximum and (2) region feature weighting. With the variables of two newly defined features, i.e. the low-frequency difference feature for low-frequency component images and the support-value difference feature for support value image sequences, trapezoidal membership functions are proposed and developed in tuning the fuzzy fusion process. Finally the fused image is obtained by inverse SVT operations. Experimental results of visual inspection and quantitative evaluation both indicate the superiority of the proposed method to its counterparts in image fusion of infrared polarization and intensity images.     

The infrared and visible image fusion algorithm based on target separation and sparse representation

Although the fused image of the infrared and visible image takes advantage of their complementary, the artifact of infrared targets and vague edges seriously interfere the fusion effect. To solve these problems, a fusion method based on infrared target extraction and sparse representation is proposed. Firstly, the infrared target is detected and separated from the background rely on the regional statistical properties. Secondly, DENCLUE (the kernel density estimation clustering method) is used to classify the source images into the target region and the background region, and the infrared target region is accurately located in the infrared image. Then the background regions of the source images are trained by Kernel Singular Value Decomposition (KSVD) dictionary to get their sparse representation, the details information is retained and the background noise is suppressed. Finally, fusion rules are built to select the fusion coefficients of two regions and coefficients are reconstructed to get the fused image. The fused image based on the proposed method not only contains a clear outline of the infrared target, but also has rich detail information.     

改进的曲波变换图像融合方法

考虑将曲波变换引入图像融合能够更好地提取原始图像,对一种新的图像融合方法—曲波变换图像融合法进行了研究。将图像序列进行曲波变换后,通过对所有图像的高频进行逆变换及域值处理来获得区域图。根据区域图中高频区域的边界点在每张图层上的活跃度不同求得区域边界的图层分布,利用插值获得高频区域的区域分布图。通过高频区域的膨胀求得整幅图的区域分布图,然后在曲波变换的变换域,利用区域分布图对多尺度的高频系数采用高斯加权求和;对低频系数采用取平均值的规则完成图像的融合。进行了图像融合实验,实验结果表明,与传统的小波变换及基于像素的曲波变换相比,提出的方法获得的融合图像边缘更清晰,更接近参考图像。     

一种基于特征分析的偏振图像融合方法

偏振成像探测能反映出传统光学成像所无法反映的物体的信息,为了克服计算偏振参量图像丢失细节信息的不足,在已有偏振图像融合方法的基础上,提出一种基于综合图像特征的融合方法。相较于已有算法突出图像的某一方面特征,该算法提取图像的灰度特征、纹理特征和形状特征,据此确定融合权值,对图像进行融合,能够较好地反映目标的细节信息,融合后的图像相较于普通光强图像,方差、信息熵分别提高了12.6%、17.5%,平均梯度从0.59提高到1.83。针对该方法用到的特征维数较高的问题,提供了一种简化算法,耗时从3054降至1337。     

一种基于小波变换的多尺度多算子图像融合方法

图像融合技术以其综合多传感器信息的优越性日益受到诸多领域的重视。为了使其应用在医学、遥感、计算机视觉、气象预报、军事目标识别等方面更迅速、深入地开展,有效、实用的融合算法是至关重要的。本文在小波变换金字塔结构的基础上,提出了一种多尺度多算子融合方法,对热红外图像和可见光图像的融合进行了研究。结果融合效果很好,目标和背景区别显著,而且边缘不突兀。由于这种方法对小波分解的层数要求不高,因此计算量不大,便于并行处理及硬件实时化实现,具有广阔的应用前景。     

Multiscale top-hat selection transform based infrared and visual image fusion with emphasis on extracting regions of interest

To effectively combine regions of interest in original infrared and visual images, an adaptively weighted infrared and visual image fusion algorithm is developed based on the multiscale top-hat selection transform. First, the multiscale top-hat selection transform using multiscale structuring elements with increasing sizes is discussed. Second, the image regions of the original infrared and visual images at each scale are extracted by using the multiscale top-hat selection transform. Third, the final fusion regions are constructed from the extracted multiscale image regions. Finally, the final fusion regions are combined into a base image calculated from the original images to form the final fusion result. The combination of the final fusion regions uses the adaptive weight strategy, and the weights are adaptively obtained based on the importance of the extracted features. In the paper, we compare seven image fusion methods: wavelet pyramid algorithm (WP), shift invariant discrete wavelet transform algorithm (SIDWT), Laplacian pyramid algorithm (LP), morphological pyramid algorithm (MP), multiscale morphology based algorithm (MSM), center-surround top-hat transform based algorithm (CSTHT), and the proposed multiscale top-hat selection transform based algorithm. These seven methods are compared over five different publicly available image sets using three metrics of spatial frequency, mean gradient, and Q. The results show that the proposed algorithm is effective and may be useful for the applications related to the infrared and visual image fusion.     

基于小波变换的红外热波无损检测融合算法

在红外热波无损检测中获取的热像序列存在着背景噪声大、缺陷边缘模糊、对比度低等特点。为了提高由红外热像序列重构的数字图像的缺陷显示能力,以小波变换为热像处理工具,采用基于像素级和特征级的图像融合算法对热像序列进行了处理,并采用基于统计学的图像评估标准对处理效果作了定量评价。通过对铝合金试件的检测实验说明该方法可用于材料内部缺陷的红外热波无损检测。研究结果表明,此种图像融合算法可对不同深度缺陷所对应的两幅最佳热像进行有效地融合,在一幅融合图像中直观地反映出全部缺陷,并能有效地减少加热不均和背景噪声对缺陷识别的不利影响。     

红外和彩色可见光图像亮度-对比度传递融合算法

以红外和彩色可见光图像为研究对象,提出了一种基于亮度-对比度传递（LCT）技术的彩色图像融合算法。首先借助灰度融合方法将红外图像与彩色可见光图像亮度分量融合,然后用LCT技术改善灰度融合结果的亮度和对比度,最后利用快速YCBCR变换融合策略在RGB空间内直接生成彩色融合图像。文中利用像素平均融合法和多分辨率融合法作为不同的灰度融合措施以分别满足高实时性和高融合质量的需求。实验结果表明,提出算法的融合结果不仅具有与输入彩色可见光图像相近的自然色彩,而且具备令人满意的亮度和对比度,即使采用运算简单的像素平均法进行灰度融合,同样可以获得良好的融合效果。     

Infrared and visible image fusion method based on saliency detection in sparse domain

Infrared and visible image fusion is a key problem in the field of multi-sensor image fusion. To better preserve the significant information of the infrared and visible images in the final fused image, the saliency maps of the source images is introduced into the fusion procedure. Firstly, under the framework of the joint sparse representation (JSR) model, the global and local saliency maps of the source images are obtained based on sparse coefficients. Then, a saliency detection model is proposed, which combines the global and local saliency maps to generate an integrated saliency map. Finally, a weighted fusion algorithm based on the integrated saliency map is developed to achieve the fusion progress. The experimental results show that our method is superior to the state-of-the-art methods in terms of several universal quality evaluation indexes, as well as in the visual quality.     

A novel compression algorithm for infrared thermal image sequence based on K-means method

High resolution in space and time is becoming the new trend of thermographic inspection of equipments, therefore, the development of a fast and precise processing and data store technique of high resolution thermal image should be well studied. This article will propose a novel global compression algorithm, which will provide an effective way to improve the precision and processing speed of thermal image data. This new algorithm is based on the decay of the temperature of thermograph and the feature of thermal image morphology. Firstly, it will sort the data in space according to K-means method. Then it will employ classic fitting calculation to fit all the typical temperature decay curves. At last, it will use the fitting parameters of the curves as the parameters for compression and reconstruction of thermal image sequence to achieve the method for which the thermal image sequence can be compressed in space and time simultaneously. To validate the proposed new algorithm, the authors used two embedded defective specimens made of different materials to do the experiment. The results show that the proposed infrared thermal image sequence compression processing algorithm is an effective solution with high speed and high precision. Compared to the conventional method, the global compression algorithm is not only noise resistant but also can improve the computing speed in hundreds of times.     

A novel image fusion algorithm based on nonsubsampled shearlet transform

To overcome the shortcoming of traditional image fusion method based on multi-scale transform, a novel adaptive image fusion algorithm based on nonsubsampled shearlet transform (NSST) is proposed. Firstly, the NSST is utilized to decompose the source images on various scales and in different directions, and the low frequency sub-band and bandpass sub-band coefficients are obtained. Secondly, for the low frequency sub-band coefficients, the singular value decomposition method in the gradient domain is used to estimate the local structure information of image, and an adaptive ‘weighted averaging’ fusion rule based on the sigmoid function and the extracted features is presented. To improve the quality of fused image, a novel sum-modified-Laplacian (NSML), which can extract more useful information from source images, is employed as the measurement to select bandpass sub-band coefficients. Finally, the fused image is obtained by performing the inverse NSST on the combined coefficients. The proposed fusion method is verified on several sets of multi-source images, and the experimental results show that the proposed approach can significantly outperform the conventional image fusion methods in terms of both objective evaluation criteria and visual quality.     

红外气动退化图像复原校正的复合算法研究

鉴于气动效应图像退化因素的复杂性和随机性,单一复原算法难以满足要求,提出构造复合算法来提高湍流退化图像复原质量的思路,综合各种基于不同理论模型和应用对象的实用算法,实现优势互补。给出了现有算法结合的主要途径,主要探讨了基于统计理论的MAP复原算法与基于正则化理论的总变分算法复合后各算法结构的自适应调整和改造以及各种参数的自适应性选择问题。充分利用各算法的优势,完成基于算法结构相对稳定的智能化组合。在微机上进行了一系列的复原对比实验。实验结果表明：复合算法提高了图像的总体复原质量。     

基于非采样提升小波-Contourlet变换的图像融合算法

为克服非采样Contourlet变换中金字塔分解的不足,首先在提升小波变换的基础上,通过取消其奇偶分裂环节得到具有平移不变性的非采样提升小波变换,然后用此变换来取代非采样Contourlet变换中的金字塔分解,得到新的非采样提升小波-Contourlet变换。将此变换与一定的融合规则相结合,提出了一种基于非采样提升小波-Contourlet变换的图像融合算法。实验表明,该算法相对于非采样Contourlet变换能从源图像中提取更多有用信息注入到融合图像中,可得到更高性能的融合图像。     

基于改进的空域相关的多聚焦图像融合

提出了一种简单有效的像素级多聚焦图像融合方法。针对正交小波变换缺乏平移不变性而产生视觉失真的缺陷,采用Atrous算法将原图像分解在不同频率域上。Atrous算法先将滤波器h0(n),h1(n)各点间插入适当的零值后再与低频信号做卷积,故又称为"多孔算法"。将具有抑制噪声性能的空阈相关法作为高频子图像的融合规则,选取相关性强边缘特征显著的点作为最终融合子图像的像素点。实验表明,由此融合的图像能完好的保留边缘纹理信息。融合后的图像在客观评价和主管视觉效果上均有提高。     

一种基于灰度变换的红外图像增强算法

针对红外图像，采用双门限分割法进行图像分割，然后采用分段灰度变换法进行图像增强。根据具体图像，通过人机交互的方式确定2个阈值，将图像分割为目标区、过渡区和背景区3部分；按照每一部分的特点，设计不同的灰度变换，对图像进行分段线性增强，得到感兴趣目标区的最佳视觉效果。通过对16位红外图像进行实验，得到了满意的结果。实验表明,该算法灵活便捷，在增加对比度和去除噪声的同时，还抑制了背景，达到了预期的效果。     

一种基于边缘的曲波变换图像融合方法

提出了一种新的图像融合方法。采用Canny边缘检测方法,并结合曲波变换算法,确定图像边缘位置。针对曲波分解的不同频率域,对高频信息依据其是否为边缘点采用不同的融合策略,对低频信息利用平均法进行融合,最后进行重构得到融合结果。对该方法得到的实验结果进行主客观评价和对比表明,提出的算法在抑制噪声的同时,能有效地突出边缘细节,具有更好的视觉效果。     

基于分块DCT变换编码的小波域多幅图像融合算法

提出了一种利用DCT变换和小波变换的特征层图像融合算法.其基本思想是先对多幅源图像进行分块DCT变换,选取较大方差对应的变换系数,将图像压缩为原图像大小的1/4,保留系数的对应坐标作为提取信息时的密钥;其次将经处理后的DCT系数直接作为小波变换的分解系数,经小波逆变换后得到融合信息.实验结果表明,该算法实现了多幅不同大小图像的融合,同时单一密钥只能提取单一图像. 关键词： 图像融合 小波变换 离散余弦变换 编码