All-in-Focused Image Combination in the Frequency Domain Using Light Field Images
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Abstract
All-in-focused image combination is a fusion technique used to acquire related data from a set of focused images at different depth levels, which suggests that one can determine objects in the foreground and background regions. When attempting to reconstruct an all-in-focused image, we need to identify in-focused regions from multiple input images captured with different focal lengths. This paper presents a new method to find and fuse the in-focused regions of the different focal stack images. After we apply the two-dimensional discrete cosine transform (DCT) to transform the focal stack images into the frequency domain, we utilize the sum of the updated modified Laplacian (SUML), enhancement of the SUML, and harmonic mean (HM) for calculating in-focused regions of the stack images. After fusing all the in-focused information, we transform the result back by using the inverse DCT. Hence, the out-focused parts are removed. Finally, we combine all the in-focused image regions and reconstruct the all-in-focused image.
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OpenAlex topics: Image Processing Techniques and Applications · Advanced Image Fusion Techniques · Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
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School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea
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