Image Fusion Incorporating Parameter Estimation Optimized Gaussian Mixture Model And Fuzzy Weighted Evaluation System: A Case Study In Time-Series Plantar Pressure Data Set

Keywords

Fuzzy weighted evaluation system; Multi-scale fusion; Parameter estimation optimized Gaussian Mixture model; Plantar pressure imaging

Abstract

The key issue in image fusion is the process of defining evaluation indices for the output image and for multi-scale image data set. This paper attempted to develop a fusion model for plantar pressure distribution images, which is expected to contribute to feature points construction based on shoe-last surface generation and modification. First, the time series plantar pressure distribution image was preprocessed, including back removing and Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) filter. Then, discrete wavelet transform and a multi-scale pixel conversion fusion operating using a parameter estimation optimized Gaussian mixture model (PEO-GMM) were performed. The output image was used in a fuzzy weighted evaluation system, that included the following evaluation indices: mean, standard deviation, entropy, average gradient, and spatial frequency; the difference with the reference image, including the root mean square error, signal to noise ratio (SNR), and the peak SNR; and the difference with source image including the cross entropy, joint entropy, mutual information, deviation index, correlation coefficient, and the degree of distortion. These parameters were used to evaluate the results of the comprehensive evaluation value for the synthesized image. The image reflected the fusion of plantar pressure distribution using the proposed method compared with other fusion methods, such as up-down, mean-mean, and max-min fusion. The experimental results showed that the proposed LoG filtering with PEO-GMM fusion operator outperformed other methods.

Publication Date

3-1-2017

Publication Title

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volume

17

Issue

5

Number of Pages

1407-1420

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2016.2641501

Socpus ID

85014904598 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85014904598

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