Performance comparison of masking models based on a new psychovisual test method with natural scenery stimuli

Signal Processing: Image Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 807-823

  Nadenau, Marcus J ^a   Reichel, Julien ^b   Kunt, Murat ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b VisioWave Corp   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HVS; Image compression; Masking; Quality assessment; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE COMPRESSION; IMAGE QUALITY; MASKS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEMS (HVS);

VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036842646     PISSN: 09235965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-5965(02)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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