Research Article

A Novel Image Fusion Method Based on FRFT-NSCT

Table 1

Evaluation criteria of NSCT-based fusion method and FRFT-NSCT-based fusion method.

Image Fusion methodFusion rulesEntropyAverage gradientFusion time (s)

Multifocus imagesNSCT 1#7.28752.8112200.274324
FRFR-NSCT 1#7.47922.9483431.291303
NSCT 2#7.36514.0919201.992649
FRFR-NSCT 2#7.52944.1447435.006276
NSCT 3#7.36544.1382201.088658
FRFR-NSCT 3#7.53164.1912424.331975
Visible light & infrared imagesNSCT 1#6.41582.0073202.955161
FRFR-NSCT 1#6.42222.5573413.585567
NSCT 2#6.46082.7797200.966261
FRFR-NSCT 2#6.88023.3953413.735101
NSCT 3#6.93143.0062202.404612
FRFR-NSCT 3#6.84753.4081416.433884
CT&SPECT medical imagesNSCT 1#3.65561.1601207.066354
FRFR-NSCT 1#4.81692.2516431.697082
NSCT 2#4.58662.0947208.800631
FRFR-NSCT 2#4.69022.4386431.882050
NSCT 3#3.75281.6275208.549554
FRFR-NSCT 3#4.69022.4386436.366335