Pansharpening refers to the problem of fusing a multispectral (MS) image and a panchromatic image in order to get an MS image at a finer spatial resolution than the one of the original MS image. Due to the lack of a reference image, the assessment of the quality of a pansharpened product is a challenging task. Typical solutions are related to the reduced resolution assessment by exploiting Wald's protocol or to indexes without reference. In this letter, an efficient approach based on the combination of the two above-mentioned solutions is proposed. The performance is assessed using real data acquired by sensors with very different features mounted on-board of the Pléiades, the WorldView-3, and the WorldView-4 satellite platforms.
A Combiner-Based Full Resolution Quality Assessment Index for Pansharpening
	
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
			
			
			
		
		
		
		
			
			
				
				
					
					
					
					
						
							
						
						
					
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
			
			
		
			
			
				
				
					
					
					
					
						
							
						
						
					
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
			
			
		
			
			
				
				
					
					
					
					
						
						
							
							
						
					
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
			
			
		
		
		
		
	
Vivone G.
;Addesso P.;
	
		
		
	
			2019
Abstract
Pansharpening refers to the problem of fusing a multispectral (MS) image and a panchromatic image in order to get an MS image at a finer spatial resolution than the one of the original MS image. Due to the lack of a reference image, the assessment of the quality of a pansharpened product is a challenging task. Typical solutions are related to the reduced resolution assessment by exploiting Wald's protocol or to indexes without reference. In this letter, an efficient approach based on the combination of the two above-mentioned solutions is proposed. The performance is assessed using real data acquired by sensors with very different features mounted on-board of the Pléiades, the WorldView-3, and the WorldView-4 satellite platforms.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


