Variational Osmosis for Non-linear Image Fusion.
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We propose a new variational model for non-linear image fusion. Our approach is based on the use of an osmosis energy term related to the one studied in Vogel et al. [44] and Weickert et al. [45]. The minimization of the proposed non-convex energy realizes visually plausible image data fusion, invariant to multiplicative brightness changes. On the practical side, it requires minimal supervision and parameter tuning and can encode prior information on the structure of the images to be fused. For the numerical solution of the proposed model, we develop a primal-dual algorithm and we apply the resulting minimization scheme to solve multi-modal face fusion, color transfer and cultural heritage conservation problems. Visual and quantitative comparisons to state-of-the-art approaches prove the out-performance and the flexibility of our method.
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1941-0042
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/N014588/1)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (691070)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (777826)
Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2018-121)
Leverhulme Trust (PLP-2017-275)
Alan Turing Institute (Unknown)
EPSRC (EP/S026045/1)