12.1.4.4.1 RGB and Thermal Fusion for Low Light Analysis

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Registration. Infrared. RGB-T Registration.
See also Low Light Enhancement.
See also Low Light Color Enhancement.
See also Image and Sensor Fusion -- IR and Thermal with Visible.

Khan, R.[Rizwan], Yang, Y.[You], Liu, Q.[Qiong], Shen, J.[Jialie], Li, B.[Bing],
Deep image enhancement for ill light imaging,
JOSA-A(38), No. 6, June 2021, pp. 827-839.
DOI Link 2503
Image enhancement, Image sensors, Imaging techniques, Infrared imaging, Machine vision, Neural networks BibRef

Sugimura, D.[Daisuke], Mikami, T.[Takuya], Yamashita, H., Hamamoto, T.[Takayuki],
Enhancing Color Images of Extremely Low Light Scenes Based on RGB/NIR Images Acquisition With Different Exposure Times,
IP(24), No. 11, November 2015, pp. 3586-3597.
IEEE DOI 1509
BibRef
Earlier: A3, A1, A4, Only:
Enhancing low-light color images using an RGB-NIR single sensor,
VCIP15(1-4)
IEEE DOI 1605
BibRef
Earlier: A2, A1, A4, Only:
Capturing color and near-infrared images with different exposure times for image enhancement under extremely low-light scene,
ICIP14(669-673)
IEEE DOI 1502
gradient methods. Ash. Color BibRef

Honda, T., Hamamoto, T., Sugimura, D.,
Low-Light Color Image Super-Resolution Using RGB/NIR Sensor,
ICIP18(56-60)
IEEE DOI 1809
Spatial resolution, Color, Imaging, Image color analysis, Noise reduction, Image reconstruction, RGB/NIR single sensor BibRef

Zhou, X.L.[Xiao-Ling], Jiang, Z.[Zetao], Okuwobi, I.P.[Idowu Paul],
Retinex-MPCNN: A Retinex and Modified Pulse coupled Neural Network based method for low-illumination visible and infrared image fusion,
SP:IC(115), 2023, pp. 116956.
Elsevier DOI 2306
MPCNN, Parameters setting, Retinex theory, Low illumination enhancement, Weighted image fusion BibRef

Wan, R.J.[Ren-Jie], Shi, B.X.[Bo-Xin], Yang, W.H.[Wen-Han], Wen, B.[Bihan], Duan, L.Y.[Ling-Yu], Kot, A.C.[Alex C.],
Purifying Low-Light Images via Near-Infrared Enlightened Image,
MultMed(25), 2023, pp. 8006-8019.
IEEE DOI 2312
BibRef

Tian, S.L.[Shu-Lin], Wang, Y.F.[Yu-Fei], Wan, R.J.[Ren-Jie], Yang, W.H.[Wen-Han], Kot, A.C.[Alex C.], Wen, B.[Bihan],
Enhancing Low-Light Images Using Infrared Encoded Images,
ICIP23(465-469)
IEEE DOI Code:
WWW Link. 2312
BibRef

Yang, S.H.[Shi-Hao], Sun, M.[Min], Lou, X.[Xiayin], Yang, H.[Hanjun], Liu, D.[Dong],
Nighttime Thermal Infrared Image Translation Integrating Visible Images,
RS(16), No. 4, 2024, pp. 666.
DOI Link 2402
BibRef

Yang, S.[Shuai], Gao, Y.[Yuan], Ma, S.W.[Shi-Wei],
An unsupervised fusion method for infrared and visible image under low-light condition based on Generative Adversarial Networks,
SP:IC(138), 2025, pp. 117324.
Elsevier DOI Code:
WWW Link. 2509
Unsupervised deep learning, Low-light, Style transfer, Infrared and visible image fusion BibRef

Nie, J.T.[Jiang-Tao], Wu, B.[Boxiong], Wei, W.[Wei], Zhang, L.[Lei], Zhang, Y.N.[Yan-Ning],
MCINet: Fusing Low-Light Visible-Infrared Image via Max-Merge Complementary Information,
MultMed(27), 2025, pp. 7769-7782.
IEEE DOI 2510
Image fusion, Imaging, Image color analysis, Object detection, Image reconstruction, Feature extraction, Mutual information, image enhancement BibRef

Lv, G.H.[Guo-Hua], Gao, X.[Xiang], Dong, A.[Aimei], Wei, Z.[Zhonghe], Cheng, J.[Jinyong],
SLFusion: A Structure-Aware Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Network for Low-Light Scenes,
CirSysVideo(35), No. 12, December 2025, pp. 11877-11892.
IEEE DOI 2512
Image fusion, Lighting, Feature extraction, Data mining, Transformers, Image edge detection, Visualization, structure-aware BibRef


Sakai, T.[Tatsuro], Tanaka, K.[Kanji], Liang, J.T.Y.[Jonathan Tay Yu], Luqman, M.A.[Muhammad Adil], Iwata, D.[Daiki],
RGB-Thermal Cooperative Robot Vision Strategy for Multi-Person Tracking in Both Well-Lit and Low-Light Scenes,
MVA25(1-6)
DOI Link 2512
Training, Machine vision, Robot vision systems, Brightness, Switches, Cameras, Robots, Thermal degradation BibRef

Jha, R.[Raman], Lenka, A.[Adithya], Ramanagopal, M.[Mani], Sankaranarayanan, A.[Aswin], Mitra, K.[Kaushik],
RT-X Net: RGB-Thermal Cross Attention Network for Low-Light Image Enhancement,
ICIP25(1492-1497)
IEEE DOI Code:
WWW Link. 2601
Image quality, Image color analysis, Lighting, Streaming media, Transformers, Real-time systems, Image restoration BibRef

Zhao, C.[Chen], Yu, M.Y.[Meng-Yuan], Yang, F.[Fan], Jing, P.G.[Pei-Guang],
VIIS: Visible and Infrared Information Synthesis for Severe Low-Light Image Enhancement,
WACV25(2174-2184)
IEEE DOI Code:
WWW Link. 2505
Limiting, Fuses, Computational modeling, Noise reduction, Diffusion models, Image augmentation, Image restoration, Image fusion BibRef

Lv, G.H.[Guo-Hua], Fu, X.Y.[Xin-Yue], Sima, C.Q.[Chao-Qun], Xu, Y.L.[Yan-Long], Zhang, B.D.[Bao-Dong], Bao, H.[Hanju],
Illumination-Enhanced Infrared and Low-Light Visible Image Fusion,
ICIP24(2634-2640)
IEEE DOI 2411
Measurement, Fuses, Lighting, Contrastive learning, Feature extraction, Image fusion, Image reconstruction, lowlight BibRef

Gao, X.[Xiang], Lv, G.H.[Guo-Hua], Dong, A.[Aimei], Wei, Z.H.[Zhong-He], Cheng, J.Y.[Jin-Yong],
L2fusion: Low-Light Oriented Infrared and Visible Image Fusion,
ICIP23(2405-2409)
IEEE DOI 2312
BibRef

Jin, H.Y.[Hai-Yan], Yang, Y.[Yue], Su, H.N.[Hao-Nan], Xiao, Z.L.[Zhao-Lin], Wang, B.[Bin],
Low Light RGB and IR Image Fusion with Selective CNN-Transformer Network,
ICIP23(1255-1259)
IEEE DOI 2312
BibRef

Zheng, J., Jung, C., Yu, S.,
Low Light Image Enhancement by Multispectral Fusion of RGB and NIR Images,
ICIP20(2541-2545)
IEEE DOI 2011
Reliability, Image color analysis, Colored noise, Imaging, Noise reduction, Linear systems, Image enhancement, Image fusion, total variation BibRef

Yoo, Y.J.[Young-Jin], Choe, W.H.[Won-Hee], Lee, S.D.[Seong-Deok],
Wide-band image guided visible-band image enhancement,
ICIP11(3405-3408).
IEEE DOI 1201
BibRef

Yoo, Y.J.[Young-Jin], Choe, W.H.[Won-Hee], Kwon, J.H.[Jae-Hyun], Park, S.C.[Sung-Chan], Lee, S.D.[Seong-Deok], Kim, C.Y.[Chang-Yong],
Low-light imaging method with visible-band and wide-band image pair,
ICIP09(2773-2776).
IEEE DOI 0911
400-700 nm with 400-1000nm. BibRef

Zhuo, S.J.[Shao-Jie], Zhang, X.P.[Xiao-Peng], Miao, X.P.[Xiao-Ping], Sim, T.[Terence],
Enhancing low light images using near infrared flash images,
ICIP10(2537-2540).
IEEE DOI 1009
BibRef

Zhang, X.P.[Xiao-Peng], Sim, T.[Terence], Miao, X.P.[Xiao-Ping],
Enhancing photographs with Near Infra-Red images,
CVPR08(1-8).
IEEE DOI 0806
BibRef

Matsui, S.[Sosuke], Okabe, T.[Takahiro], Shimano, M.[Mihoko], Sato, Y.[Yoichi],
Image Enhancement of Low-Light Scenes with Near-Infrared Flash Images,
ACCV09(I: 213-223).
Springer DOI 0909
BibRef

Therrien, C.W.[Charles W.], Scrofani, J., and Krebs, W.,
An Adaptive Technique for the Enhanced Fusion of Low-Light Visible with Uncooled Thermal Infrared Imagery,
ICIP97(I: 405-408).
IEEE DOI BibRef 9700

Chapter on Registration, Matching and Recognition Using Points, Lines, Regions, Areas, Surfaces continues in
RGB and Thermal Registration .


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