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Proceedings of ICRIC 2019 pp 533–542Cite as

Multi-focus Image Fusion: Quantitative and Qualitative Comparative Analysis

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Multi-focus Image Fusion (MFIF) is a technique that combines multiple images to obtain a composite image in which all the objects are in-focus and have improved image quality. More information is stored by the focused image than that of the information stored by the source image. MFIF provides fused images which can be used for various image processing tasks like target recognition, feature extraction, and segmentation. There exists number of MFIF techniques in spatial as well as transform domain such as Stationary Wavelet Transform, Discrete Wavelet Transform, and Principal Component Analysis. In this paper, comparative analysis of various MFIF techniques which are used to fuse multi-focused images is done. Qualitative as well as quantitative evaluation has been carried out for various MFIF techniques. MFIF provides a fused image which helps for high resolution of vision. Various challenges/issues related to the existing MFIF techniques are also highlighted and will be helpful in the future.

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  1. Chitkara University School of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Shiveta Bhat

  2. Department of Virtualization, School of Computer Science, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttrakhand, India

    Deepika Koundal

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Pradeep Kumar Singh

  2. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Arpan Kumar Kar

  3. Central University of Jammu, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Yashwant Singh

  4. Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, Bihar, India

    Maheshkumar H. Kolekar

  5. Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

    Sudeep Tanwar

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Bhat, S., Koundal, D. (2020). Multi-focus Image Fusion: Quantitative and Qualitative Comparative Analysis. In: Singh, P., Kar, A., Singh, Y., Kolekar, M., Tanwar, S. (eds) Proceedings of ICRIC 2019 . Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 597. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29407-6_38

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