Rethinking Normalization Strategies and Convolutional Kernels for Multimodal Image Fusion

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.10036v1
• Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 08:36:24 GMT
• Title: Rethinking Normalization Strategies and Convolutional Kernels for Multimodal Image Fusion
• Authors: Dan He, Guofen Wang, Weisheng Li, Yucheng Shu, Wenbo Li, Lijian Yang, Yuping Huang, Feiyan Li,
• Abstract summary: Multimodal image fusion aims to integrate information from different modalities to obtain a comprehensive image. Existing methods tend to prioritize natural image fusion and focus on information complementary and network training strategies. This paper dissects the significant differences between the two tasks regarding fusion goals, statistical properties, and data distribution.
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• Abstract: Multimodal image fusion (MMIF) aims to integrate information from different modalities to obtain a comprehensive image, aiding downstream tasks. However, existing methods tend to prioritize natural image fusion and focus on information complementary and network training strategies. They ignore the essential distinction between natural and medical image fusion and the influence of underlying components. This paper dissects the significant differences between the two tasks regarding fusion goals, statistical properties, and data distribution. Based on this, we rethink the suitability of the normalization strategy and convolutional kernels for end-to-end MMIF.Specifically, this paper proposes a mixture of instance normalization and group normalization to preserve sample independence and reinforce intrinsic feature correlation.This strategy promotes the potential of enriching feature maps, thus boosting fusion performance. To this end, we further introduce the large kernel convolution, effectively expanding receptive fields and enhancing the preservation of image detail. Moreover, the proposed multipath adaptive fusion module recalibrates the decoder input with features of various scales and receptive fields, ensuring the transmission of crucial information. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our method exhibits state-of-the-art performance in multiple fusion tasks and significantly improves downstream applications. The code is available at https://github.com/HeDan-11/LKC-FUNet.

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