“…Validation of the generated image fusion products is performed either visually, i.e., using a qualitative assessment [106] or by employing a quantitative metric [1,107]. Among these metrics we can refer to spectral angle mapper [108], peak signal-to-noise ratio [109], structural similarity index used to assess the spatial distortion of the fused image [12], image quality index proposed by [110] and its vector extension [111], absolute difference [60,112], root mean squared error (RMSE) [112], cross-correlation [112] and Erreur Relative Globale Adimensionnelle de Synthese [113]. The performance of the developed data fusion methods is evaluated by either using real data or synthetic data [32,51,60].…”