For scaling up low resolution multispectral images (LRMIs) with high resolution panchromatic image (HRPI), intensity-hue-saturation (IHS) can produce satisfactory spatial enhancement but usually introduces spectral distortion in the fused high resolution multispectral images (HRMIs). In this paper, to minimize this problem, we present a generalized intensity modulation (GIM) by extending the IH...

Remote sensing technologies are one of the major research topics in fusing multisource data and generating high-quality satellite images. In this paper, a new two-dimensional empirical mode decomposition (EMD) method is presented and used to fuse high-resolution panchromatic and multispectral images. First, the new two-dimensional EMD technique, which includes determining the ending criterion o...

An Improved Synthetic Variable Ratio (ISVR) fusion method is proposed to merge high spatial resolution panchromatic (Pan) images and multispectral (MS) images based on a simulation of the panchromatic image from the multispectral bands. Compared to the existing SVR (Synthetic Variable Ratio) family methods, the ISVR method manifests two major improvements: a simplified and physically meaningful...

In order to acquire a high resolution multispectral (HRMS) image with the same spectral as (MS) and spatial panchromatic (PAN) image, pansharpening, typical hot fusion topic, has been well researched. Various pansharpening methods that are based on convolutional neural networks (CNN) different architectures have introduced by prior works. However, scale information of source images is not consi...

Data fusion is defined as the combination of data from multiple sensors such that the resulting information is better than would be possible when the sensors are used individually. The multi-sensor fusion of panchromatic (PAN) and thermal infrared (TIR) images is a good example of this data fusion. While a PAN image has higher spatial resolution, a TIR one has lower spatial resolution. In this ...

This paper deals with multi-spectral (MS) and panchromatic (Pan) image fusion based on redundant multiresolution analysis (MRA). Lower-resolution MS bands are sharpened by injecting high-pass details taken from the higher-resolution Pan image. Crucial point is modelling the relationships between detail coefficients of a generic MS band and the Pan image at the same resolution. Once calculated a...

During the past data fusion has become an important issue in remote sensing image analysis. Image analysts benefit very much from fusion products, e.g. merged optical and radar imagery, which provide a more complete view of the imaged scene. Enhancement of the local texture of multispectral imagery by fusion with panchromatic images is another example which leads to an improvement of classifica...

Ecosystems provide a wide variety of useful resources that enhance human welfare, but these resources are declining due to climate change and anthropogenic pressure. In this work, three vulnerable ecosystems, including shrublands, coastal areas with dunes systems and areas of shallow water, are studied. As far as these resources' reduction is concerned, remote sensing and image processing techn...