IMAGE FUSION

ABSTRACT

Title: Analysis of pixel level Multi sensor medical image fusion Aim: The goal of image fusion is to create new images that are more suitable for the purposes of human visual perception, object detection and target recognition. Description: The objective of the image fusion is to combine the source images of the same scene to form one composite image that contains a more accurate description of the scene than any individual source images. Image fusion methods can be broadly classified into two - spatial domain fusion and transform domain fusion. The fusion methods such as averaging, Brovey method, principal component analysis (PCA) and IHS based methods fall under spatial domain approaches.

In this project, we propose a new multiresolution data fusion scheme based on the principal component analysis (PCA) transform and the pixel-level weights wavelet transform. In order to get a more ideal fusion result, a linear local mapping which based on the PCA is used to create a new "origin" image of the image fusion. Daubechies wavelet is chosen as the wavelet basis. Wavelet based fusion techniques have been reasonably effective in combining perceptually important image features. Shift invariance of the wavelet transform is important in ensuring robust sub band fusion.Applications of image fusion also includes Image Classification , Aerial and Satellite imaging, Medical imaging , Robot vision , Concealed weapon detection, Multi-focus image fusion, Digital camera application, Concealed weapon detection, Battle field monitoring.

Experimental results confirm that the proposed algorithm is the best image sharpening method and can best maintain the spectral information of the original image. Also, the proposed technique performs better than the other ones, more robust and effective, from both subjective visual effects and objective statistical analysis results. The performance of the image fusion is evaluated by normalized least square error, entropy, overall cross entropy, standard deviation and mutual information.

Reference:
Multi-sensor image data fusion based on pixel-level weights of wavelet and the PCA transform (IEEE2007).