This experiment is built upon the VIFB public dataset (https://github.com/xingchenzhang/VIFB), which is widely utilized for image fusion evaluation. It comprises 21 pairs of infrared and visible images. In addition, the dataset includes fusion results obtained using NSCT-HRCNN along with 25 other fusion methods. The main directory contains two subfolders: VIFB: This folder holds the original infrared and visible images required for the experiments. fusion results: This folder stores the fusion outputs generated from 26 different methodologies, specifically: NSCT-HRCNN, ADF, CBF, CNN, DLF, FPDE, GFCE, GFF, GTF, HMSD_GF, Hybrid_MSD, IFEVIP, LatLRR, LP_SR, MGFF, MSVD, NSCT_SR, ResNet, RP_SR, TIF, VSMWLS, IFCNN, SeAFusion, SwinFusion, U2Fusion, and YDTR.