Objective image fusion performance measure

2000/02/17 by C.S. Xydeas, V. Petrović, Vladimir Petrović · 1,975 citations
Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · #Advanced Image Fusion Techniques #Artificial intelligence #Computer science #Computer vision #Data mining #Engineering #Fusion #Image (mathematics) #Image and Signal Denoising Methods #Image fusion #Image quality #Mathematics #Measure (data warehouse) #Metric (unit) #Pattern recognition (psychology) #Pixel #Remote-Sensing Image Classification

paper · doi:10.1049/el:20000267

published in Electronics Letters 36(4), 308-309 (Institution of Engineering and Technology)

openalex publication_date 2000/02/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

A measure for objectively assessing the pixel level fusion performance is defined. The proposed metric reflects the quality of visual information obtained from the fusion of input images and can be used to compare the performance of different image fusion algorithms. Experimental results clearly indicate that this metric is perceptually meaningful.

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