Multimodal sensor medical image fusion based on mutual‐structure for joint filtering using sparse representation
Multimodal sensor medical image fusion has been widely reported in recent years, but the fused image by the existing methods introduces low contrast information and little detail information. To overcome this problem, the new image fusion method is proposed based on mutual‐structure for joint filter...
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Published in | International journal of imaging systems and technology Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 3 - 14 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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New York
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
01.03.2018
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Summary: | Multimodal sensor medical image fusion has been widely reported in recent years, but the fused image by the existing methods introduces low contrast information and little detail information. To overcome this problem, the new image fusion method is proposed based on mutual‐structure for joint filtering and sparse representation in this article. First, the source image is decomposed into a series of detail images and coarse images by mutual‐structure for joint filtering. Second, sparse representation is adopted to fuse coarse images and then local contrast is applied for fusing detail images. Finally, the fused image is reconstructed by the addition of the fused coarse images and the fused detail images. By experimental results, the proposed method shows the best performance on preserving detail information and contrast information in the views of subjective and objective evaluations. |
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Bibliography: | Funding information National key research program of China, Grant/Award Number: 2016YFC1000307‐3; National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant/Award Number: 61472055 and U1401252; Chongqing Outstanding Youth Fund, Grant/Award Number: cstc2014jcyjjq40001 |
ISSN: | 0899-9457 1098-1098 |
DOI: | 10.1002/ima.22251 |