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Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
Published in: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 2/2022

28-07-2021 | Research Article-Computer Engineering and Computer Science

Multi-focus Image Fusion Using Hybrid De-focused Region Segmentation Approach

Authors: Benish Amin, Abdul Ghafoor, M. Mohsin Riaz

Published in: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering | Issue 2/2022

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Abstract

Multi-focus image fusion aims to obtain necessary details from multiple source images, having varied level of focus depths, in order to generate an all-in-focus fused image that ideally contains all the information from source images. This paper presented an image matting-based fusion approach to combine focus information of multiple source images based on correlation between nearby pixels. First the focused pixels of source images are identified by perceiving the sharpness of the images by utilizing multiple sharpness metrics. Trimap is generated from focused maps to obtain prior information and image matting is applied to accurately segment the focused and de-focused regions of the source images. In the end, the focused regions from multiple source images are integrated to obtain a well formed and consistent fused image. Experiments and comparison with various existing fusion techniques verify the significance of proposed technique.
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Metadata
Title
Multi-focus Image Fusion Using Hybrid De-focused Region Segmentation Approach
Authors
Benish Amin
Abdul Ghafoor
M. Mohsin Riaz
Publication date
28-07-2021
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering / Issue 2/2022
Print ISSN: 2193-567X
Electronic ISSN: 2191-4281
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-021-05795-1

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