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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2016.32.5.5

Comparison Analysis of Quality Assessment Protocols for Image Fusion of KOMPSAT-2/3/3A  

Jeong, Nam-Ki (Department of Geoinformatics, University of Seoul)
Jung, Hyung-Sup (Department of Geoinformatics, University of Seoul)
Oh, Kwan-Young (Department of Geoinformatics, University of Seoul)
Park, Sung-Hwan (Department of Geoinformatics, University of Seoul)
Lee, Seung-Chan ((C)GEOSAT-I)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.32, no.5, 2016 , pp. 453-469 More about this Journal
Abstract
Many image fusion quality assessment techniques, which include Wald's, QNR and Khan's protocols, have been proposed. A total procedure for the quality assessment has been defined as the quality assessment protocol. In this paper, we compared the performance of the three protocols using KOMPSAT-2/3/3A satellite images, and tested the applicability to the fusion quality assessment of the KOMPSAT satellite images. In addition, we compared and analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of the three protocols. We carried out the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the protocols by applying five fusion methods to the KOMPSAT test images. Then we compared the quantitative and qualitative results of the protocols from the aspects of the spectral and spatial preservations. In the Wald's protocol, the results from the qualitative and quantitative analysis were almost matched. However, the Wald's protocol had the limitations 1) that it is timeconsuming due to downsampling process and 2) that the fusion quality assessment are performed by using downsampled fusion image. The QNR protocol had an advantage that it utilizes an original image without downsampling. However, it could not find the aliasing effect of the wavelet-fused images in the spectral preservation. It means that the spectral preservation assessment of the QNR protocol might not be perfect. In the Khan's protocol, the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the spectral preservation was not matched in the wavelet fusion. This is because the fusion results were changed in the downsampling process of the fused images. Nevertheless, the Khan's protocol were superior to Wald's and QNR protocols in the spatial preservation.
Keywords
KOMPSAT-2; KOMPSAT-3; KOMPSAT-3A; Image Fusion; Quality Assessment Protocol;
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