title: A fusion algorithm for GFP image and phase contrast image of Arabidopsis cell based on SFL-contourlet transform.
abstract: A hybrid multiscale and multilevel image fusion algorithm for green fluorescent protein (GFP) image and phase contrast image of Arabidopsis cell is proposed in this paper. Combining intensity-hue-saturation (IHS) transform and sharp frequency localization Contourlet transform (SFL-CT), this algorithm uses different fusion strategies for different detailed subbands, which include neighborhood consistency measurement (NCM) that can adaptively find balance between color background and gray structure. Also two kinds of neighborhood classes based on empirical model are taken into consideration. Visual information fidelity (VIF) as an objective criterion is introduced to evaluate the fusion image. The experimental results of 117 groups of Arabidopsis cell image from John Innes Center show that the new algorithm cannot only make the details of original images well preserved but also improve the visibility of the fusion image, which shows the superiority of the novel method to traditional ones.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Technology & System, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China. coe-fp@cqu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Biao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Deling
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mi
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000166:cytology*; D003116:Color; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D003196:Computer Graphics; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins