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For the purpose of solving the problems posed by multi-focus image fusion in wavelet domain, we propose the M-bands wavelet transformation based image fusion method. As the M-bands domain is superior to 2-bands domain in two aspects of energy compaction and direction selection. Considering the multi-scale, multi-direction and local correlation attributes in M-bands wavelet domain, a cross-band-window based image fusion approach is brought forward. The experimental results show that the approach is superior to the 2-bands wavelet based method both in visual effect and quantized norms.
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Lai, S., Liu, Y. (2011). Multi-focus Image Fusion Using M-Band Wavelet Transformation. In: Jin, D., Lin, S. (eds) Advances in Computer Science, Intelligent System and Environment. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 106. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23753-9_23
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