Hyperspectral imaging is one of the prevailing tools for the analysis of material composition and feature identification in images. The spectral features contained within image pixels are studied to better understand a pixel’s material composition. However, a major limitation of using a single hyperspectral image sensor is that not all distinguishing spectral features of an image are captured within the conventional operating wavelength bands of a single hyperspectral sensor. While a straightforward solution of using a single hyperspectral sensor with larger wavelength ranges can address such an issue, this is often met with external limiting factors such as sensor availability or costs of operations. Therefore, in order to overcome the limitations of a single-sensor approach, there is motivation to integrate information from multiple sensors instead to create a more useful and accurate representation of a real-world scene. A particular challenge is that different sensors typically produce images of the same scene but at different spatial and spectral resolutions. In this study, we attempt to fuse VNIR and SWIR hyperspectral images and evaluate the fused images’ performance as applied to Cultural Heritage. Specifically, image fusion is performed on a medieval manuscript referred to as the Italian Leaf provided by the University of Durham.
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