TY - JOUR
T1 - Selection of image fusion quality measures
T2 - objective, subjective, and metric assessment
AU - Dixon, Timothy D
AU - Canga, Eduardo Fernández
AU - Nikolov, Stavri G
AU - Troscianko, Tom
AU - Noyes, Jan M
AU - Canagarajah, C Nishan
AU - Bull, Dave R
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Accurate quality assessment of fused images, such as combined visible and infrared radiation images, has become increasingly important with the rise in the use of image fusion systems. We bring together three approaches, applying two objective tasks (local target analysis and global target location) to two scenarios, together with subjective quality ratings and three computational metrics. Contrast pyramid, shift-invariant discrete wavelet transform, and dual-tree complex wavelet transform fusion are applied, as well as levels of JPEG2000 compression. The differing tasks are shown to be more or less appropriate for differentiating among fusion methods, and future directions pertaining to the creation of task-specific metrics are explored.
AB - Accurate quality assessment of fused images, such as combined visible and infrared radiation images, has become increasingly important with the rise in the use of image fusion systems. We bring together three approaches, applying two objective tasks (local target analysis and global target location) to two scenarios, together with subjective quality ratings and three computational metrics. Contrast pyramid, shift-invariant discrete wavelet transform, and dual-tree complex wavelet transform fusion are applied, as well as levels of JPEG2000 compression. The differing tasks are shown to be more or less appropriate for differentiating among fusion methods, and future directions pertaining to the creation of task-specific metrics are explored.
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 18059904
SN - 1084-7529
VL - 24
SP - B125-35
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America A
JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America A
IS - 12
ER -