42. EvaNet: Towards More Efficient and Consistent Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Assessment
Chunyang Cheng, Tianyang Xu, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Tao Zhou, Hui Li, Zhangyong Tang, Josef Kittler
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI), 2026.
[paper][arxiv][code]

41. Depth-Nutrition: A Novel Food Nutrition Prediction Framework Guided by Deconstruction of Physical Features
Guanhua Qiao, Chunyang Cheng, Zhongwei Shen, Jinlin Zhu*, Hui Li*, Xiaojun Wu
IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM), 29 April, 2026.
[paper][arxiv][code]

40. A Color Information Driven Collaborative Training of Dual Task Parallel Network for Visible and Thermal Infrared Image Fusion and Saliency Object Detection
Zeyang Zhang, Hui Li, Tianyang Xu, Xiaojun Wu*, Muhammad, Josef Kittler
International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), Volume 134 (5), article number 227, (2026).
[paper][arxiv][code]

39. Full-combination Contrastive Learning for Multi-view Clustering
Cheng Ma, Zhe Chen*, Heng Liu, Hui Li, Tianyang Xu
Pattern Recognition (PR). Volume 174, June 2026, 112951.
[paper][arxiv][code]

38. Text-Guided Medical Image Fusion Using Unbalanced Optimal Transport: Semantic Alignment and Cross-Modal Interaction
Yu Zhu, Liqiang Song, Guodong Wang, Junli Zhao, Hui Li, Yi Li*
Signal Processing, Volume 245, August 2026, 110590.
[paper][arxiv][code]

37. BusReF: Infrared-visible images registration and fusion focus on reconstructible area using one set of features
Zeyang Zhang, Hui Li, Tianyang Xu, Xiaojun Wu*, Congcong Bian, Josef Kittler
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (ACM TOMM), 2026, Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 1-19.
[paper][arxiv][code]

36. SCAFNet: Multimodal stroke medical image synthesis and fusion network based on self attention and cross attention
Yu Zhu, Liqiang Song, Junli Zhao, Guodong Wang, Hui Li, Yi Li
Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), 2025, Volume 263, 104611.
[paper][arxiv][code]

35. RefineFuse: an end-to-end network for multi-scale refinement fusion of multi-modality images
Chengcheng Song, Hui Li, Tianyang Xu, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Josef Kittler
Visual Intelligence. Volume 3, article number 16, (2025).
[paper][arxiv][code]

34. SMLNet: A SPD Manifold Learning Network for Infrared and Visible Image Fusion
Huan Kang, Hui Li, Tianyang Xu, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Rui Wang, Chunyang Cheng, Josef Kittler
International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), Volume 133, pages 8642–8663, (2025).
[paper][arxiv][code]

33. S4Fusion: Saliency-Aware Selective State Space Model for Infrared and Visible Image Fusion
Haolong Ma, Hui Li*, Chunyang Cheng, Gaoang Wang, Xiaoning Song, Xiao-Jun Wu
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP), Volume: 34, pp. 4161-4175, July, 2025.
[paper][arxiv][code]

32. ProFood: Progressive RGB-D fusion network for food detection in complex diet scenes
Guanhua Qiao, Liming Nong, Chunyang Cheng, Zhongwei Shen, Jinlin Zhu*, Hui Li
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Volume 149, January 2026, 108773.
[paper][arxiv][code]

31. GrFormer: A novel Transformer on Grassmann manifold for infrared and visible image fusion
Huan Kang, Hui Li, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Tianyang Xu, Rui Wang, Chunyang Cheng, Josef Kittler
Information Fusion (InfFus), Volume: 125, November 2025, 103402.
[paper][arxiv][code]

30. Anchor graph learning with Double Noise Removal for multi-view clustering
Zhe Chen*, Mingzhi Zhu, Hui Li, Tianyang Xu
Neural Networks, Volume: 191, November 2025, 107779.
[paper][arxiv][code]

29. OCCO: LVM-guided Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Framework based on Object-aware and Contextual COntrastive Learning
Hui Li*, Congcong Bian, Zeyang Zhang, Xiaoning Song, Xi Li, Xiao-Jun Wu
International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), Volume 133, pages 6611–6635, (2025).
[paper][arxiv][code]

28. Visual complexity guided diffusion defender for video object tracking and recognition
Shaochuan Zhao, Tianyang Xu, Hui Li, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Josef Kittler
Pattern Recognition (PR), Volume 169, January 2026, 111867.
[paper][arxiv][code]

27. ISFPN: A medical detection model for ischemic stroke based on feature pyramid network and Swin Transformer
Zhi Wang, Ao Dong, Junli Zhao, Zhenkuan Pan, Hui Li, Yi Li*
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 17 May 2025, 109: 108064.
[paper][arxiv][code]

26. Deep Discriminative Multi-view Clustering
Zhe Chen, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Tianyang Xu, Hui Li, Josef Kittler
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (TCSVT), 13 February 2025, Early Access.
[paper][arxiv][code]

25. APMG: 3D Molecule Generation Driven by Atomic Chemical Properties
Yang Hua, Zhenhua Feng, Xiaoning Song*, Hui Li, Tianyang Xu, Xiao-Jun Wu, Dong-Jun Yu
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (TCBB), Volume: 21, Issue: 6, Nov.-Dec. 2024.
[paper][arxiv][code]

24. UUD-Fusion: An unsupervised universal image fusion approach via generative diffusion model
Xiangxiang Wang, Lixing Fang, Junli Zhao, Zhenkuan Pan, Hui Li, Yi Li*
Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), Volume: 249, December 2024, 104218.
[paper][arxiv][code]

23. Conti-Fuse: A Novel Continuous Decomposition-based Fusion Framework for Infrared and Visible Images
Hui Li*, Haolong Ma, Chunyang Cheng, Zhongwei Shen, Xiaoning Song, Xiao-Jun Wu
Information Fusion (InfFus), Volume 117, May 2025, 102839.
[paper][arxiv][code]

22. Multi-layer multi-level comprehensive learning for deep multi-view clustering
Zhe Chen, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Tianyang Xu, Hui Li, Josef Kittler
Information Fusion (InfFus), Volume 116, April 2025, 102785.
[paper][arxiv][code]

21. EDMF: A New Benchmark for Multi-Focus Images with the Challenge of Exposure Difference
Hui Li*, Tianyu Shen, Zeyang Zhang, Xuefeng Zhu, Xiaoning Song
Sensors , 2024, 24(22), 7287.
[paper][arxiv][code]

20. TextFusion: Unveiling the Power of Textual Semantics for Controllable Image Fusion
Chunyang Cheng, Tianyang Xu, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Hui Li, Xi Li, Zhangyong Tang, Josef Kittler
Information Fusion (InfFus), Volume 117, May 2025, 102790.
[paper][arxiv][code]

19. FusionBooster: A Unified Image Fusion Boosting Paradigm
Chunyang Cheng, Tianyang Xu, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Hui Li, Xi Li, Josef Kittler
International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), 2024: 1-18.
[paper][arxiv][code]

18. MMAE: A universal image fusion method via mask attention mechanism
Xiangxiang Wang, Lixing Fang, Junli Zhao, Zhenkuan Pan, Hui Li, Yi Li*
Pattern Recognition (PR), available online 26 September 2024, 111041.
[paper][arxiv][code]

17. DDBFusion: An unified image decomposition and fusion framework based on dual decomposition and Bézier curves
Zeyang Zhang, Hui Li, Tianyang Xu, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Josef Kittler
Information Fusion (InfFus), Volume 114, February 2025, 102655.
[paper][arxiv][code]

16. An unsupervised multi-focus image fusion method via dual-channel convolutional network and discriminator
Lixing Fang, Xiangxiang Wang, Junli Zhao, Zhenkuan Pan, Hui Li*, Yi Li*
Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), Volume: 244, July 2024, 104029.
[paper][arxiv][code]

15. CrossFuse: A Novel Cross Attention Mechanism based Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Approach
Hui Li*, Xiao-Jun Wu
Information Fusion (InfFus), Volume: 103, March 2024, 102147.
Highly Cited Paper, Hot Paper
[paper][arxiv][code]

14. GuideFuse: A novel guided auto-encoder fusion network for infrared and visible images
Zeyang Zhang, Hui Li, Tianyang Xu, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Yu Fu
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), 2023, Volume: 73, 5011211.
[paper][arxiv][code]

13. DePF: A Novel Fusion Approach based on Decomposition Pooling for Infrared and Visible Images
Hui Li*, Yongbiao Xiao, Chunyang Cheng, Zhongwei Shen, Xiaoning Song
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), 2023, Volume: 72, 5031014.
[paper][arxiv][code]

12. SFPFusion: An Improved Vision Transformer Combining Super Feature Attention and Wavelet-Guided Pooling for Infrared and Visible Images Fusion
Hui Li*, Yongbiao Xiao, Chunyang Cheng, Xiaoning Song
Sensors, 2023, volume: 23, number: 18, 2023: 7870
[paper][arxiv][code]

11. Exploring fusion strategies for accurate RGBT visual object tracking
Zhangyong Tang, Tianyang Xu, Hui Li, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Xue-Feng Zhu, Josef Kittler
Information Fusion (InfFus), Volume: 99, November 2023, 101881.
[paper][arxiv][code]

10. LRRNet: A novel representation learning guided fusion framework for infrared and visible images
Hui Li, Tianyang Xu, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Jiwen Lu, Josef Kittler
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI), Volume: 45, Issue: 9, pp. 11040-11052, April 2023
Highly Cited Paper, Hot Paper
[paper][arxiv][code]

9. I Know How You Move: Explicit Motion Estimation for Human Action Recognition
Zhongwei Shen, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Hui Li, Tianyang Xu, Cong Wu
IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM), Volume: 27, Issue: 9, pp. 1665 - 1676, October 2022.
[paper][code]

8. SwinFuse: A Residual Swin Transformer Fusion Network for Infrared and Visible Images
Zhishe Wang*, Yanlin Chen, Wenyu Shao, Hui Li, Lei Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), 2022, vol: 71.
Highly Cited Paper
[paper][code]

7. Generalized n-Dimensional Rigid Registration: Theory and Applications
Jin Wu, Miaomiao Wang, Hassen Fourati, Hui Li, Yilong Zhu, Chengxi Zhang, Yi Jiang, Xiangcheng Hu, Ming Liu*
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (TCYB), Volume: 53, Issue: 2, February 2023.
[paper][code][video]

6. RFN-Nest: An end-to-end residual fusion network for infrared and visible images
Hui Li, Xiao-Jun Wu* , Josef Kittler
Information Fusion (InfFus), Volume: 73, Pages: 72-86, September 2021.
Highly Cited Paper
[paper][arxiv][code][Supplementary Material]

5. UMFA: a photorealistic style transfer method based on U-Net and multi-layer feature aggregation
Dongyu Rao, Xiao-Jun Wu*, Hui Li, Josef Kittler, Tianyang Xu
Journal of Electronic Imaging (JEI), Volume: 30, Issue: 5, pp. 053013, September 2021.
[paper][arxiv][code]

4. NestFuse: An Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Architecture based on Nest Connection and Spatial/Channel Attention Models
Hui Li, Xiao-Jun Wu* , Tariq S. Durrani
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), Volume: 69, Issue: 12, pp. 9645–9656, Dec. 2020.
Highly Cited Paper
[paper][arxiv][code]

3. MDLatLRR: A novel decomposition method for infrared and visible image fusion
Hui Li, Xiao-Jun Wu* , Josef Kittler
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP), Volume: 29, pp. 4733-4746, February, 2020.
Highly Cited Paper
[paper][arxiv][code]

2. Infrared and Visible Image Fusion with ResNet and zero-phase component analysis
Hui Li, Xiao-Jun Wu* , Tariq S. Durrani
Infrared Physics & Technology (JIPT,), Volume 102, November 2019, 103039.
Highly Cited Paper
[paper][arxiv][code]

1. DenseFuse: A Fusion Approach to Infrared and Visible Images
Hui Li, Xiao-Jun Wu*
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP), Volume: 28, Issue: 5, pp. 2614–2623, May. 2019.
Highly Cited Paper
[paper][arxiv][code]