Image quality metric based on multidimensional contrast perception models

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Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-110

  Pons, A M ^a   Malo, J ^a   Artigas, J M ^a   Capilla, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATTERN MATCHING; VISION;

CONTRAST RESPONSE SUMMATION MODEL; SUBJECTIVE IMAGE DISTORTION METRIC;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 0032592839     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-9382(99)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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