Fusionofsyntheticapertureradar(SAR)andforwardlookinginfrared(FLIR)imagesisanimportantsubjectforaerospaceandsensorsurveillance.ThispaperpresentsaschemetoachieveanaturalcolorimagebasedonthecontoursfeatureofSARandthetargetregionfeatureofFLIRsothattheoverallscenerecognitionandsituationalawarenesscanbeimproved.TheSARandFLIRimagesarefirstdecomposedintosteerablepyramids,andthecontourmapsintheSARimageandtheregionmapsinthe
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