Infrared and visible image fusion methods and applications: A survey

Jiayi Ma, Yong Ma, Chang Li

Abstract: Highlights•The IR and VIS image fusion methods and applications are comprehensively reviewed.•The IR and VIS image registration, as a prerequisite of fusion, is briefly introduced.•The evaluation metrics of fusion performance are discussed and summarized.•Performances are evaluated on various real data using 18 methods and 9 metrics.•Insightful discussions and prospects for future work are delivered.