A multi-factors approach for image quality assessment based on a human visual system model

Signal Processing: Image Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-333

  Ginesu, Giaime ^a   Massidda, Francesco ^a   Giusto, Daniele D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human visual system; Image quality assessment

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISION;

HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM; IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT; IMAGE QUALITY INDEX; LUMINANCE MASKING;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 33646065642     PISSN: 09235965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.image.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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