采用非抽样轮廓波的红外与可见光图像融合

提出了一种基于非抽样轮廓波变换的红外与可见光图像融合算法。该算法首先利用非抽样轮廓波变换对输入图像进行多尺度、多方向稀疏分解,有效地表达了图像的高维奇异信息;然后,为了弥补基于像素的图像融合方法的不足,在变换域通过邻域一致性测度的计算,实现了变换系数的局部自适应融合。实验结果表明,所提出的算法既可保持可见光图像的光谱信息,又可有效获取红外图像的热目标信息。     

基于改进Contourlet变换的纹理图像混合检索方法

Contourlet变换由于可以提供丰富而灵活的方向信息而被广泛地应用于纹理分析领域。一种改进的在频域具有良好局域性的Contourlet变换被应用于纹理图像的检索中。方向子带系数被建模为广义高斯分布,其分布参数用改进的最大似然方法进行估计并被用做纹理图像检索的特征。利用香农熵测度将纹理图像区分为结构性和随机性纹理图像,相应的一种新的基于能量特征和广义高斯分布参数的混合检索方案被提出。根据具有640个纹理图像的VisTex数据库,检索实验结果表明,和现有基于离散小波变换的方法相比较,平均检索率由76.57%提高到83.55%。     

基于非下采样轮廓波变换和压缩感知的图像融合方法

针对基于非下采样轮廓波变换(NSCT)的图像融合算法存在计算复杂度较高的问题,提出一种基于NSCT和压缩感知的图像融合方法.首先根据压缩感知理论的特点将其应用于图像融合领域,并采用Min-TV的方法重构图像;然后对NSCT进行分解,其计算量较大的带通子带系数采用基于压缩感知理论的图像融合方法;最后对低通融合图像和带通融合图像进行NSCT逆变换,得到最终的融合图像.通过仿真实验,从主观感知和客观数据的对比分析上验证了所提出方法的有效性.     

Contourlet变换在图像检索中的应用

利用 Contourlet 变换良好的稀疏特性及其能准确地捕获图像中边缘信息的特性,分析了纹理图像Contourlet系数的统计特征,提出了一种滤波算法。该算法根据纹理图像Contourlet系数分布的特点,采用高斯模型对其进行精确拟合提取纹理特征,针对各子带数据的离散程度进行加权处理,为分类能力强的特征量赋予较大的权值,并加入在低频子带上提取的灰度—平滑共生矩阵统计量,来形成最终的特征向量,以两幅图像不同特征向量间的加权欧氏距离作为图像的相似度进行检索。仿真实验结果表明,该方法在检索效果上有一定的优越性。     

Directional filter for SAR images based on nonsubsampled contourlet transform and immune clonal selection

A directional filter algorithm for intensity synthetic aperture radar （SAR） image based on nonsubsampled contourlet transform （NSCT） and immune clonal selection （ICS） is presented. The proposed filter mainly focuses on exploiting different features of edges and noises by NSCT. Furthermore, ICS strategy is introduced to optimize threshold parameter and amplify parameter adaptively. Numerical experiments on real SAR images show that there are improvements in both visual effects and objective indexes.     

复数轮廓变换在图像编码中的应用

以Contourlet变换为基础,WBCT（Wavelet-Based Contourlet Transform）的思想为依据,提出了一种新的、改进Contourlet的变换－复数轮廓变换CCT（Complex Contourlet Transform）。DT-CWT（Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet）复数小波因为具有近似的位移不变性以及方向可选择性,已经成功地应用于图像压缩领域,然而无法解决小波变换方向选择性差的固有缺点。为了能够得到更多的图像方向信息,将DFB（Directional Filter Bank）方向滤波器引入DT-CWT,从而构建CCT（Complex Contourlet Transform）复数轮廓变换。实验结果表明,和WCBT相比较,CCT变换重构得到的实验图像纹理更加清晰、丰富,视觉效果更好。     

一种无抽样Contourlet变换的图像去噪方法

提出一种基于Contourlet变换的图像去噪方法,Contourlet变换采用无抽样形式,系数萎缩处理阈值门限与尺度相关。通过模拟产生不同方差噪声信号进行Contourlet变换,确定各尺度子带系数阈值,得到噪声方差与各尺度子带阈值对应表。对噪声污染图像进行Contourlet变换并估计噪声方差,查表得到各子带阈值,进行系数萎缩处理。实验表明提出的处理方法简单有效,去噪结果具有良好去噪视觉效果和较高峰值信噪比。     

基于第二代轮廓波变换的消噪方法

提出一种基于第二代轮廓波变换的消噪方法,该方法在阈值选取上采用基于自适应冲激响应的多尺度多方向阈值,在硬阈值处理之后采用自适应维纳滤波。该方法充分利用了第二代轮廓波变换在频域和时域的局部化、多尺度、多方向和低冗余特征;能够利用更多较小的轮廓波变换系数以减轻轮廓波硬阈值消噪带来的纹理效应,并能更好适应人类的视觉特征。实验结果表明提出的消噪方法在峰值信噪比和视觉效果上都优于第一代轮廓波和小波的消噪效果。     

A regularised model-based pan-sharpening method for remote sensing images with local dissimilarities

Combining the spectral information of a low-resolution multispectral (LRMS) image and the spatial information of a high-resolution panchromatic (HRP) image to generate a high-resolution multispectral (HRMS) image has become an important and interesting issue. Local dissimilarities between the LRMS image and the HRP image affect the performance of the pan-sharpening technique. This paper presents a model-based pan-sharpening method with global and nonlocal spatial similarity regularisers to reduce the effects of the local dissimilarities. The degraded model relating the LRMS image to the unknown HRMS image is employed as the data-fitting term to keep spectral fidelity. Two spatial similarity constraints are utilized to further enhance the spatial resolution of the unknown HRMS image. The first regularisation term is under the assumption that the high-pass component of each HRMS band has the similar geometry structure with the adjusted high-pass component of the HRP image. A modulation matrix is constructed to reduce the contrast differences. Moreover, nonlocal self-similarity characteristic of the high-pass component extracted from each HRMS band is considered as another regulariser, which is an effective structural prior to improve the local spatial quality of the HRMS image. The weights of nonlocal similarity model are learned from the high-pass component of available HRP image. Experiments conducted on QuickBird and IKONOS data validate that the proposed pan-sharpening method can achieve better performance compared with several traditional and state-of-the-art pan-sharpening algorithms in terms of quantitative evaluation and visual analysis.     

Ehlers pan-sharpening performance enhancement using HCS transform for n-band data sets

The Ehlers fusion method, which combines a standard intensity-hue-saturation (IHS) transform with fast Fourier transform filtering, is a high spectral characteristics preservation algorithm for multitemporal and multisensor data sets. However, for data sets of more than three bands, the fusion process is complicated, because only every three bands are fused repeatedly for multiple times until all bands are fused. The hyper-spherical colour sharpening (HCS) fusion method can fuse a data set with an arbitrary number of bands. The HCS approach uses a transform between an n-dimensional Cartesian space and an n-dimensional hyper-spherical space to get one single intensity component and n ? 1 angles. Moreover, from a structural point of view, the hyper-spherical colour space is very similar to the IHS colour space. Hence, we propose to combine the Ehlers fusion with an HCS transform to fuse n-band data sets with high spectral information preservation, even hyper-spectral images. A WorldView-2 data set including a panchromatic and eight multispectral bands is used for demonstrating the effectiveness and quality of the new Ehlers –HCS fusion. The WorldView-2 image covers different landscapes such as agriculture, forest, water and urban areas. The fused images are visually and quantitatively analysed for spectral preservation and spatial improvement. Pros and cons of the applied fusion methods are related to the analysed different landscapes. Overall, the Ehlers –HCS method shows the efficacy for n-band fusion.     

非负矩阵分解和新轮廓波变换的图像融合

为提高融合图像保留源图像的信息量和边缘特征,提出了非负矩阵分解和新轮廓波变换的图像融合算法。以具有尖锐频率局部化特征的新轮廓波对循环平移后的源图像进行分解;运用非负矩阵分解实现低通子带融合,采用能量方差测度函数和匹配度函数实现带通子带融合;对各子带信号重构并逆循环平移,得到融合图像。实验结果分析表明,该方法保留了更多的信息量和边缘细节特征,应用效果较好。     

基于小波-Contourlet变换的图像增强算法

小波-Contourlet变换能够良好捕获图像的方向特征和边缘信息.利用小波-Contourlet变换良好的多尺度性和多方向性特征,提出一种基于小波-Contourlet变换的图像增强算法,用非线性增强算子对变换的各子带系数做增强处理.并引入了循环平移消除由于小波-Contourlet变换缺乏平移不变性而产生的图像失真.实验结果表明,该方法有效增强了图像的边缘细节和纹理特征.     

基于非降采样轮廓波变换的图像修复算法

多尺度分析技术已经广泛应用于数字图像处理领域,较大破损区域的图像修复成为图像修复的一个热点和难点。针对该问题,结合多分辨率分析原理与传统的样本块图像修复技术,提出了一种基于非降采样轮廓波变换的图像修复算法。该算法利用非降采样轮廓波变换把图像分解成低频部分和高频部分,并对图像分解后不同频率的部分分别予以修复。其中,图像的低频成分采用改进的纹理合成的方法进行修复。因为图像经过非降采样轮廓波变换后,低频分量与高频分量之间对应位置的信息之间具有一致性的特点,所以在修复低频成分的同时实现其他高频分量对应位置信息的修复。最后通过非降采样轮廓波重构过程完成纹理图像的修复。一般图像修复方法的参数选取以图像的修复效果最佳为宜,给出一个反例进行分析论证。实验发现,所提算法所修复图像的结构相似性测度与经典Criminisi算法和小波修复算法相差不大,但是峰值信噪比（PSNR）测度依据不同图像的纹理结构的特点与破损区域的不同位置特点而不同。仿真实验表明,所提方法很好地推广了非降采样轮廓波变换在图像修复中的应用,并且在修复大区域破损图像时能够获得较好的修复效果。     

基于改进轮廓波变换的SAR图像增强

针对轮廓波变换（contourlet transform）中进行拉普拉斯金字塔分解时,所得的带通图像在奇异性点附近产生振荡,影响图像去噪的效果,提出一种改进的轮廓波变换。通过改进拉普拉斯金字塔分解,可消除轮廓波变换带通图像边缘附近的震荡。提出了基于改进轮廓波变换的SAR图像增强算法。实验结果表明,该算法在有效抑制SAR图像噪声的同时,较好地保持了图像边缘细节。     

A common dominant scale emerges from images of diverse satellite platforms using the wavelet transform

In this article we investigate the scale dependence of spatial heterogeneity in multiresolution and multisensor data using the wavelet transform. The landscape analysed with the wavelets retains the same dominant pattern irrespective of the original pixel size of the image. In agricultural areas, typically characterized by a mosaic of cultivated fields, the wavelet transform quantified consistently a median dominant scale of 512 m in the Orthophoto, Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) and Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM?+?). The dominant scale represented the dominant field size of cultivated areas. The shape of the average wavelet energy curves was also similar among the images. In semi-natural areas the wavelet transform quantified consistently a median dominant scale of 128 m in the Orthophoto and ASTER. The median dominant scale of ETM?+ was slightly smaller and located at 64 m. We characterized the spatial heterogeneity of agricultural and semi-natural areas in Andalucía (Spain) using multisensor data not time coincident ranging from 1 m (Orthophoto), to 15 m (ASTER) to 28.5?m (ETM?+?). The contrast in vegetation cover was measured using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in ASTER and ETM?+ and red band in Orthophoto. We performed a multiresolution analysis using a Haar two-dimension discrete wavelet transform to quantify and compare the intensity (maximum degree of contrast in vegetation cover), the dominant scale (the scale at which the maximum intensity occurs) and the wavelet energy curve (intensity plotted as a function of the scale) of different images at intervals of power of 2 within the scale range from 2 to 4096 m.     

Using contourlet transform and cover selection for secure steganography

In this paper, we present a new adaptive contourlet-based steganography method that hides secret data in a specific or automatically selected cover image. Our proposed steganography method primarily decomposes the cover image by contourlet transform. Then, every bit of secret data is embedded by increasing or decreasing the value of one coefficient in a block of a contourlet subband. Contourlet coefficients are manipulated relative to their magnitudes to hide the secret data adaptively. In addition to proposing contourlet-based steganography method, this work investigates the effect of cover selection on steganography embedding and steganalysis results. We demonstrate, through the experiments, that choosing suitable cover image by a proper selection measure could help the steganographer reduce detectability of stego images. The proposed technique is examined with some state-of-the-art steganalysis methods, and the results illustrate that an image can successfully hide secret data with average embedding capacity of 0.02 bits per pixel in a random selected cover image. Cover selection improves the embedding capacity up to 0.06 bits per pixel. Several experiments and comparative studies are performed to show the effectiveness of the proposed technique in enhancing the security of stego images, as well as to demonstrate its gain over the previous approaches in literature.     

Image fuzzy enhancement algorithm based on contourlet transform domain

In order to solve the problems of low contrast, global darkness and noise amplification in some hyperspectral and remote-sensing images, a new image fuzzy enhancement method based on contourlet transform (CT) domain is proposed. The algorithm includes the following four steps. Firstly, the cyclic translation method is used to suppress the pseudo-Gibbs phenomenon caused by the lack of translation invariance of the CT. Secondly, a nonlinear gain function is designed to enhance and suppress the high-frequency coefficients adaptively. Meanwhile, the multi-scale Retinex with mixed gray function is used to process the low-frequency sub-band coefficients. Then, the inverse translation and linear averaging and the inverse CT are performed on the enhanced coefficients, and finally the improved fuzzy contrast is used to enhance the texture and edge of the image globally. The experimental results show that the proposed method can make the image texture details more prominent, and enhance the overall visual effect of the images. Furthermore, the absolute mean difference and PSNR of images are also greatly improved .

     

基于区域特征的非下采样Contourlet变换卫星云图融合

对不同的卫星云图进行融合处理,可为灾害性天气的监测和预警提供更为全面的信息,提出一种基于区域特征的非下采样Contourlet变换(NSCT)卫星云图融合新方法。首先,采用NSCT对卫星云图进行多尺度和多方向分解,得到低通子带系数和各带通方向子带系数;然后,对低通子带系数采用基于图像区域相关系数和区域能量的自适应融合规则,对各带通方向子带系数采用加权和区域方差相结合的融合规则;最后,对融合系数进行NSCT逆变换得到融合云图。实验结果表明,该算法在增强融合云图的纹理及边缘等细节信息的同时,能更好地保留源红外云图的红外信息,融合效果更好。     

基于非下采样四元数轮廓波变换域的图像去噪

为了克服传统小波变换的不足,提出一种将非下采样四元数轮廓波域对称正态逆高斯分布模型与非局部均值滤波相结合的图像去噪新方法.非下采样四元数轮廓波变换是级联四元数小波变换和非下采样方向滤波器组得到的,具有高度的方向选择性、各向异性及平移不变性.仿真实验表明:该方法在峰值信噪比、平均结构相似性及视觉效果上均优于一些经典的去噪算法.     

一种改进Contourlet变换的图像去噪算法

针对Contourlet分解的细节图像在奇异点附近产生振荡,在去噪过程中会产生伪吉布斯现象,提出一种改进的拉普拉斯金字塔实现基于Contourlet变换的图像去噪算法。阈值的选取不仅考虑不同尺度中噪声含量的不同,而且在不同方向上对阈值进行了调整。实验结果表明,利用该文去噪方法进行去噪比其他方法得到更好的视觉效果和更高的PSNR值。