An image quality evaluation method based on digital watermarking

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-105

  Wang, Sha ^b   Zheng, Dong ^b   Zhao, Jiying ^a,b   Tam, Wa James ^c   Speranza, Filippo ^c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic control; Digital watermarking; Image quality evaluation; Peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR); Video broadcasting; Watson just noticeable difference (JND); Weighted PSNR (wPSNR)

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORM (DWT); IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION; PEAK SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (PSNR); VIDEO BROADCASTING; WATSON JUST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE (JND); WEIGHTED PSNR (WPSNR);

DIGITAL WATERMARKING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 33846308437     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2006.887086     Document Type: Article

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