The purpose of this book is to provide a practical introduction to the th- ries techniques and
applications of image fusion. The present work has been designed as a textbook for a
one-semester ?nal-year undergraduate or ?r- year graduate course in image fusion. It should
also be useful to practising engineers who wish to learn the concepts of image fusion and apply
them to practical applications. In addition the book may also be used as a supp- mentary text
for a graduate course on topics in advanced image processing. The book complements the author¿s
previous work on multi-sensor data [1] fusion by concentrating exclusively on the theories
techniques and app- cations of image fusion. The book is intended to be self-contained in so
far as the subject of image fusion is concerned although some prior exposure to the ?eld of
computer vision and image processing may be helpful to the reader. Apart from two preliminary
chapters the book is divided into three parts.
