Abstract:Multi-scale and multi-resolution based image fusion is an important fusion method for medical images. The bidimensional empirical mode decomposition (BEMD) method is a new image multi-resolution decomposition approach. A medical image fusion algorithm based on BEMD is presented. Firstly, the two images to be fusined are decomposed into multiple BIMFs components and a residual component by BEMD decomposition. Then, according to the BIMFs and residual components, use different fusion rules for image fusion. Finally, inverse transform each fusioned component of BEMD, the final fusion result is attained. The experimental results show that better fusion result can be attained by using the method, the fusioned image is clearer and more information is contained.