Volume : III, Issue : V, May - 2013

Performance Appraisal of Q–Shift Complex Wavelet Transform for Image Fusion

Rudra Pratap Singh Chauhan, Dr. Rajiva Dwivedi, Sandeep Negi

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In this paper, we proposed a novel approach of Q–shift Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform(QDTCWT) for image fusion . The DTCWT is an over complete wavelet transform with limited redundancy and generates complex coefficients in parallel using a dual tree of wavelet filter bank structure. But, low pass delay produces a Hilbert pair relationship between two trees. This is well addressed by Q–shift filter bank structures for improving orthogonality and symmetry properties in level 2 and below. QDTCWT have feature like linear phase, tight frame, compact spatial support, good frequency domain selectivity with low side lobe levels, approximate shift invariance and good directional selectivity in two or more dimensions. This provides the QDTCWT basis mainly useful for image fusion purpose with high degree of shift–invariance and better directionality compared to the other traditional methods. The proposed algorithm has been demonstrated in the MATLAB 2010a environment and tested for different gray and colour images obtained from the different sensors for image fusion . The performance and efficiency of the algorithm are tested on the basis of various parameters such as Peak Signal–to–Noise Ratio(PSNR) and image quality index(IQI) as compared with the advanced methods already proposed by the previous authors. The results of this study revealed that the QDTCWT algorithm is capable of producing high quality image with greater fidelity, high robustness and accuracy over the other traditional image fusion methods.

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Rudra Pratap Singh Chauhan, Dr. Rajiva Dwivedi, Sandeep Negi Performance Appraisal of Q-Shift Complex Wavelet Transform for Image Fusion Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.V May 2013

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