A new Contrast Based Image Fusion using Wavelet Packets

Image Fusion, a technique which combines complimentary information from different images of the same scene so that the fused image is more suitable for segmentation, feature extraction, object recognition and Human Visual System. In this paper, a simple yet efficient algorithm is presented based on contrast using wavelet packet decomposition. First, all the source images are decomposed into low and high frequency sub-bands and then fusion of high frequency sub-bands is done by the means of Directive Contrast. Now, inverse wavelet packet transform is performed to reconstruct the fused image. The performance of the algorithm is carried out by the comparison made between proposed and existing algorithm.