基于小波融合的图像放大方法

提出一种基于小波融合技术与传统图像放大算法的结合的方法.该算法首先对源图像分别采用双三次插值和改进的双线性插值进行放大,然后对两幅放大后的图像进行小波分解,并对分解后得到的小波系数进行融合,增强图像轮廓,最后进行小波逆变换得到目标图像的重构.通过实验对比,采用所提算法放大的图像视觉效果明显,轮廓清晰,消除了传统放大算法的模糊和锯齿现象.     

一种基于小波变换的多尺度图像融合方法

近年来图像的数据融合技术在图像处理领域中得到了广泛的重视和应用。如何对同一目标的多源遥感图像数据进行有效的融合,最大限度地利用多源遥感数据中的有用信息,提高系统的正确识别、判断和决策能力,是遥感数据融合研究的重要内容之一。在小波变换金字塔结构的基础上,提出了一种基于小波变换的多尺度图像融合方法,对热红外与可见光图像进行了融合处理。实验结果表明,该融合方法十分有效,获得的融合图像更符合人们的视觉特性,更有利于机器视觉。     

一种基于Bezier插值曲面的图像放大方法

章提出了一种利用Ｂｅｚｉｅｒ插值曲面进行图像放大的方法,该方法是为数字图像的第一个色彩分量构造一个分块双三次Ｂｅｚｉｅｒ插值Ｃ＾１曲面的 图像放大等价于以不同的采样速度地该曲面进行采样的过程,实验结果表明,该方法可以大大改善放大图像的效果。     

一种基于提升小波变换的快速图像融合方法

目前，多尺度分解的方法已开始应用于图像融合．针对基于传统的多尺度分解的融合方法运算速度慢、对内存的需求量大，不适于实时应用的局限性，提出了一种新的基于提升小波变换的快速图像融合算法．多个源图像分别进行提升小波分解，使用恰当的融合规则合并各尺度对应的分解系数，通过提升小波逆变换得到复合图像，实验结果表明，提出的算法无论在执行时间还是融合后的图像质量上都优于传统的方法，有广泛的应用前景，特别适用于实时系统。     

基于小波变换的分形插值图像放大方法

分形插值和小波变换在数字图像处理中有着广泛的应用.结合分形插值和小波变换的特点,提出了一种新的图像放大方法.实验结果表明,通过选择合适的小波基,该方法与传统的图像放大方法相比,获得的放大图像的纹理特征和图像的边缘得到明显增强,并且具有更高的视觉分辨率.     

基于BP神经网络的图像插值算法研究

图像插值技术具有重要的研究价值。本文提出了一种结合BP神经网络、小波变换、线性插值的图像放大算法,提高图像分辨率。实验结果表明:该方法获得的高分辨率图像主观上拥有良好的视觉效果,客观上具有较高的峰值信噪比(PSNR),并且较好地保留了图像细节,边缘模糊和阶梯形失真也明显降低。因此,使用本文插值算法获得高分辨率图像是可行的。     

一种基于小波变换的图像融合方法

论文探讨了基于小波变换的医学图像的融合方法,在对现有的有关融合规则及其所融合效果进行分析的基础上,提出了一种新的基于小波的融合方法.实验证明,该方法能在保留原图像信息的情况下增强融合图像的细节信息.     

基于小波变换的多模态图像融合算法的改进

为了进一步提高医学图像的融合效果,研究和改进了基于小波变换的图像融合算法,提出了一种改进小波变换金字塔融合算法.该算法对经过多层小波变换后的高低频小波系数,分别使用局部均值加权和分层线性加权的小波系数融合规则进行融合.通过编程试验,将该算法与空域和频域的各种融合算法进行对比,并使用主观和客观两种评价方法进行综合评价.实验结果表明,针对灰度图像特别是医学图像的融合,提出的融合算法与文中的对比算法相比较,在主观和客观的综合评价上表现出更好的融合效果.     

一种基于区域分割的图像融合方法

提出了一种基于区域分割的图像融合方法.首先,通过对原图像进行小波分解得到其近似子图和细节子图,对细节子图运用分水岭分割法获得每一层的分割子图用于引导融合过程.然后在分割区域中对原图像小波系数的活动水平及匹配度进行度量,并在组合细节子图系数和近似子图系数的过程中分别采用最大值法则和加权平均法则.最后,通过逆小波变换得到最...     

一种基于小波变换的图像融合方法

提出了一种小波多分辨率分解的图像融合方法。该方法首先利用小波变换将图像分解为不同分辨率、不同方向的分量，然后利用系数绝对值取大和基于局部方差最大化的融合规则得到融合图像的小波系数，最后通过逆小波变换得到融合图像。实验结果表明，该方法是有效的。     

应用图像融合的fMRI数据处理方法的研究

提出了一种新的fMRI数据处理方法,融合了统计参数图（SPM）、独立成分分析(ICA)所提取的特征信息,实现脑功能激活区的准确提取。首先通过时段设计实验获取了反应不同握力条件下手运动相关皮层活动的fMRI数据,并且进行相应的预处理;然后采用SPM和ICA方法分别提取脑功能信息;研究了一种基于主成分分析的图像融合算法。最后,应用图像融合算法对SPM和ICA方法分别提取的脑功能信息进行融合。结果表明,该方法弥补了SPM和ICA两种方式的不足,是一种进行功能区定位更加有效的方法。     

An image processing approach to computer graphics

Computer graphics was conceived as, and remains for the most part, a line-drawing phenomenon. The cautious management of display lists or of in-line vector generators has captured most of the attention of researchers in computer graphics. Cathode ray tubes with randomly positionable beams have served as the primary medium for this research and development.The underlying position of this paper is that the future of computer graphics does not lie in ‘vectored’ displays but in raster scan television, conceivably as we know it in our homes. This posture is motivated by arguments of cost and compatibility, but the most salient motivation comes in view of the ubiquitous nature of raster scan display technologies.This paper explains a way to implement an image processing approach to computer graphics, one that is conceptually straightforward and, in terms of hardware, fairly easy to design. A device is being built that encompases as much as is known about raster scan, multi-bit per point displays. The work described is conducted, principally, to produce a multi-bit per point graphics output device that dynamically shares its image storage with the memory space of an expanded mini-computer.     

An image fusion framework using morphology and sparse representation

Image fusion is the process which aims to integrate the relevant and complementary information from a set of images into a single comprehensive image. Sparse representation (SR) is a powerful technique used in a wide variety of applications like denoising, compression and fusion. Building a compact and informative dictionary is the principal challenge in these applications. Hence, we propose a supervised classification based learning technique for the fusion algorithm. As an initial step, each patch of the training data set is pre-classified based on their gradient dominant direction. Then, a dictionary is learned using K-SVD algorithm. With this universal dictionary, sparse coefficients are estimated using greedy OMP algorithm to represent the given set of source images in the dominant direction. Finally, the Euclidean norm is used as a distance measure to reconstruct the fused image. Experimental results on different types of source images demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm with conventional methods in terms of visual and quantitative evaluations.

     

An image fusion framework using novel dictionary based sparse representation

Image fusion is an important technique which aims to produce a synthetic result by leveraging the cross information available in the existing data. Sparse Representation (SR) is a powerful signal processing theory used in wide variety of applications like image denoising, compression and fusion. Construction of a proper dictionary with reduced computational efficiency is a major challenge in these applications. Owing to the above criterion, we propose a supervised dictionary learning approach for the fusion algorithm. Initially, gradient information is obtained for each patch of the training data set. Then, the edge strength and information content are measured for the gradient patches. A selection rule is finally employed to select the patches with better focus features for training the over complete dictionary. By the above process, the number of input patches for dictionary training is reduced to a greater extent. At the fusion step, the globally learned dictionary is used to represent the given set of source image patches. Experimental results with various source image pairs demonstrate that the proposed fusion framework gives better visual quality and competes with the existing methodologies quantitatively.     

Unsupervised classification of polarimetric SAR image with dynamic clustering: An image processing approach

This paper proposes a new unsupervised classification approach for automatic analysis of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image. Classification of the information in multi-dimensional polarimetric SAR data space by dynamic clustering is addressed as an optimization problem and two recently proposed techniques based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) are applied to find optimal (number of) clusters in a given input data space, distance metric and a proper validity index function. The first technique, so-called multi-dimensional (MD) PSO, re-forms the native structure of swarm particles in such a way that they can make inter-dimensional passes with a dedicated dimensional PSO process. Therefore, in a multi-dimensional search space where the optimum dimension is unknown, swarm particles can seek both positional and dimensional optima. Nevertheless, MD PSO is still susceptible to premature convergence due to lack of divergence. To address this problem, fractional global best formation (FGBF) technique is then presented, which basically collects all promising dimensional components and fractionally creates an artificial global-best particle (aGB) that has the potential to be a better “guide” than the PSO’s native gbest particle. In this study, the proposed dynamic clustering process based on MD-PSO and FGBF techniques is applied to automatically classify the color-coded representations of the polarimetric SAR information (i.e. the type of scattering, backscattering power) extracted by means of the Pauli or the Cloude–Pottier decomposition algorithms. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated based on fully polarimetric SAR data of the San Francisco Bay acquired by the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Airborne SAR (AIRSAR) at L-band. The proposed unsupervised technique determines the number of classes within polarimetric SAR image for optimal classification performance while preserving spatial resolution and textural information in the classified results. Additionally, it is possible to further apply the proposed dynamic clustering technique to higher dimensional (N-D) feature spaces of fully polarimetric SAR data.     

Multi-focus image fusion using PCNN

This paper proposes a new method for multi-focus image fusion based on dual-channel pulse coupled neural networks (dual-channel PCNN). Compared with previous methods, our method does not decompose the input source images and need not employ more PCNNs or other algorithms such as DWT. This method employs the dual-channel PCNN to implement multi-focus image fusion. Two parallel source images are directly input into PCNN. Meanwhile focus measure is carried out for source images. According to results of focus measure, weighted coefficients are automatically adjusted. The rule of auto-adjusting depends on the specific transformation. Input images are combined in the dual-channel PCNN. Four group experiments are designed to testify the performance of the proposed method. Several existing methods are compared with our method. Experimental results show our presented method outperforms existing methods, in both visual effect and objective evaluation criteria. Finally, some practical applications are given further.     

Medical image fusion using m-PCNN

Medical image fusion plays an important role in clinical applications such as image-guided surgery, image-guided radiotherapy, non-invasive diagnosis, and treatment planning. Pulse coupled neural network (PCNN) is derived from the synchronous neuronal burst phenomena in the cat visual cortex. However, it is very difficult to directly apply original PCNN into the field of image fusion, because its model has some shortcomings. Although a significant amount of research work has been done in developing various medical image algorithms, one disadvantage with the approaches is that they cannot deal with different kinds of medical images. In this instance, we propose a novel multi-channel model – m-PCNN for the first time and apply it to medical image fusion. In the paper, firstly the mathematical model of m-PCNN is described, and then dual-channel model as a special case of m-PCNN is introduced in detail. In order to show that the m-PCNN can deal with multimodal medical images, we used four pairs of medical images with different modalities as our experimental subjects. At the same time, in comparison with other methods (Contrast pyramid, FSD pyramid, Gradient pyramid, Laplacian pyramid, etc.), the performance and relative importance of various methods is investigated using the Mutual Information criteria. Experimental results show our method outperforms other methods, in both visual effect and objective evaluation criteria.     

An image restoration by fusion

To deal with the problem of restoring images degraded with Gaussian white noise, the mean and adaptive Wiener filters are the most common methods to be implemented. Although these methods are both lowpass in character, they yield different results on the same problem. The mean filter reduces more noise than the adaptive Wiener but also blurs the image edges, whereas the adaptive Wiener filter can preserve edge sharpness but reduces less noise than the mean filter. Instead of trying to design a single mathematical technique to have the advantages of both methods, which is usually theoretically difficult, we propose an alternative solution to this image restoration by fusing multiple image filters using the mean, Sobel, and adaptive Wiener filters. Performance of the fusion algorithm is based on both redundant and complementary information provided by different filters. Several experimental results show the effective application of the proposed approach.     

基于前向-后向自校正扩散引导特征重建的图像融合

现有图像融合方法不同程度地存在边缘阶梯效应,导致一些空间伪影引入融合图像.鉴于此,提出一种新的解决图像融合过程中鲁棒性差的方法 —–前向-后向自校正扩散引导特征重建(forward-backward self-correcting diffusion, FBSD),对分解后各特征之间的差异设计一种基于期望值最大算法和主成分分析的混杂融合策略.最后利用评价指标评估所提出算法的性能,验证了所提出方法在边缘阶梯效应的处理上优于现有的图像融合方法,同时验证了融合决策的有效性.     

Multi sensor image fusion for surveillance applications using hybrid image fusion algorithm

Multimedia Tools and Applications - Image fusion is the process of integrating several source images into a single image that provides more reliable information along with reduced redundancy. In...