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That is why the visual quality of endoscopic images has a significant effect on patient care, medical decision-making, and the efficiency of endoscopic treatments. In this study, we propose an endoscopic image enhancement technique based on image fusion. Our method aims to improve the visual quality of endoscopic images by first generating multiple sub images from the single input image which are complementary to one another in terms of local and global contrast. Then, each sub layer is subjected to a novel wavelet transform and guided filter-based decomposition technique. To generate the final improved image, appropriate fusion rules are utilized at the end. A set of upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopic images were put to the test in studies to confirm the efficacy of our strategy. 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