A fast method to evaluate the performances of image fusion techniques and its error analysis

Abstract

Absfracf - Image fusion is beconring one of tire IroHest tecltliigues in imuge processing. And llie performances waluafion mdliod tliat run conipure und analyze differeitf fusion teclmigues is an essential purr of image fusion teclmiques. In this paper, a fmt method hmed on llie quuntitaiiw CorreIaiion analysis (QCA), wliicli is proposed iri lastyear's conference, is dewloped Using flu mdlrod, tlie perfornrances of different fusion tecliwiqua can he compered direct& hosed on tlre originul inrages uiid the fused images niflr U faster speed tliarr llie old QCA nretlrod, especidy wlreir (he number of oripiiid imuges iircremes dromaficaUy "Ire siniulution resuuE of the proposed metliod applied to a typical hyperspectral image (AI'IRI~ are cllso presented Aiidflre error of corre(ntion irzfornrafioii errlropy used iii the /os1 QCA mdlrod is aira&ied