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New ConFusion framework enables fine-grained control over image fusion

Researchers have developed ConFusion, a new framework for controllable infrared and visible image fusion. This method addresses limitations in existing approaches by learning a continuous fusion space, allowing for fine-grained, instance-level modulation of fused images. ConFusion utilizes a dual-branch architecture and Gaussian-conditioned spatial-aware modulation to disentangle representations and enhance semantic consistency. The framework can parse user intents from multimodal large language models to guide the fusion process, achieving state-of-the-art performance in fusion quality and downstream tasks. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more adaptable and precise image processing tools for various applications.

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New ConFusion framework enables fine-grained control over image fusion

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Guo Yurong, He Yufei, Li Yonghao, Chang Dongliang, Zhang Ke, Ma Zhanyu ·

    ConFusion: Continuous Fusion Space Learning for Fine-Grained Controllable Infrared and Visible Image Fusion

    arXiv:2607.23600v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Controllable infrared-visible image fusion aims to integrate complementary thermal and structural information with flexible region-aware modulation, producing fused images that adapt to diverse user requirements and downstream tasks…