A Survey of Perceptual Evaluations and Requirements of Three-Dimensional TV

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-391

  Meesters, Lydia M J ^a   IJsselsteijn, Wijnand A ^a   Seuntiëns, Pieter J H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Image quality; Measurement paradigms; Stereoscopic artifacts; Three dimensional television (3 d tv); Visual comfort

Indexed keywords

BROADCASTING; CAMERAS; DISPLAY DEVICES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; IMAGE QUALITY; STANDARDS;

MEASUREMENT PARADIGMS; STEREOSCOPIC ARTIFACTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TELEVISION (3-D TV); VISUAL COMFORTS;

TELEVISION;

EID: 16244371185     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2004.823398     Document Type: Review

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