Table 2.
Metric values of proposed fusion method on 12 benchmark image pairs. EN = entropy; MI = mutual information; SSIM = structural similarity; VIF = visual information fidelity.
| EN | MI | SSIM | QAB/F | VIF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athena | 7.2536 | 3.1623 | 0.6704 | 0.5797 | 0.8248 |
| Bench | 7.5477 | 4.4664 | 0.5558 | 0.7107 | 0.3162 |
| Bunker | 7.4693 | 3.2233 | 0.6282 | 0.6597 | 0.3683 |
| Tank | 7.7237 | 2.5543 | 0.4161 | 0.5280 | 0.2060 |
| Nato_camp | 7.1018 | 1.9957 | 0.7068 | 0.5042 | 0.4695 |
| Sandpath | 7.1106 | 2.5651 | 0.6540 | 0.5067 | 0.3771 |
| Kaptein | 7.1012 | 2.0924 | 0.7304 | 0.5565 | 0.4297 |
| Kayak | 6.9795 | 2.9931 | 0.6734 | 0.7590 | 0.5534 |
| Octec | 6.9670 | 4.2087 | 0.7733 | 0.7125 | 0.5512 |
| Street | 6.7090 | 2.6521 | 0.6409 | 0.6627 | 0.6720 |
| Steamboat | 6.9728 | 2.4326 | 0.8365 | 0.6042 | 0.3413 |
| Road | 7.4247 | 2.9362 | 0.6127 | 0.6338 | 0.6275 |
| Average | 7.1967 | 2.9402 | 0.6582 | 0.6181 | 0.4781 |