Gradient information-based image quality metric

DO Kim, HS Han, RH Park - IEEE Transactions on Consumer …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a new image quality metric using the gradient information. When
an image is degraded, the difference exists between the reference and distorted images …

A novel discrete wavelet transform framework for full reference image quality assessment

S Rezazadeh, S Coulombe - Signal, image and video processing, 2013 - Springer
In this paper, we present a general framework for computing full reference image quality
scores in the discrete wavelet domain using the Haar wavelet. In our framework, quality …

Structural information-based image quality assessment using LU factorization

HS Han, DO Kim, RH Park - IEEE Transactions on Consumer …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The goal of the objective image quality assessment is to quantitatively measure the image
quality of an arbitrary image. The objective image quality measure is desirable if it is close to …

Method and system for determining structural similarity between images

S Rezazadeh, S Coulombe - US Patent 8,326,046, 2012 - Google Patents
T. Mitsa, and KL Varkur,“Evaluation of contrast sensitivity func tions for the formulation of
quality measures incorporated in halfton ing algorithms,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics …

Method and system for increasing robustness of visual quality metrics using spatial shifting

S Coulombe, S Rezazadeh - US Patent 8,983,206, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A visual quality assessment method and system are based on deriving a
quality metric by comparing Sub-band approxima tions of a distorted image and an …

Method and system for determining a quality measure for an image using multi-level decomposition of images

S Rezazadeh, S Coulombe - US Patent 8,515,182, 2013 - Google Patents
Method and system for determining a measure of quality for images by using multi-level
decomposition are presented. Multi-level decomposition of images is performed in the …

Rate-distortion optimization of H. 264/AVC rate control with novel distortion prediction equation

FC Chen, YP Hsu - IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study proposes a joint rate-distortion optimization for the H. 264 rate control algorithm
with a novel distortion prediction equation. First, based on the original distortion theorem, we …

Method and system for determining structural similarity between images

S Rezazadeh, S Coulombe - US Patent 8,532,396, 2013 - Google Patents
Method and system for low complexity assessment of quality of an image are presented. By
performing multiresolution decomposition of images using, for example, a discrete wave let …

Method and system for determining a quality measure for an image using a variable number of multi-level decompositions

S Rezazadeh, S Coulombe - US Patent 8,515,181, 2013 - Google Patents
Method and system for determining a measure of quality for images are presented. Multi-
level decomposition of images in the wavelet domain using a variable number of levels of …

Image quality measure using the phase quantization code

DO Kim, RH Park - IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a new image quality metric using the phase quantization code
(PQC), which represents the sign of phase quadrature output of a complexvalued filter such …