Just-noticeable difference estimation with pixels in images

Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-41

  Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Lin, Weisi ^b   Xue, Ping ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

HVS; JND; Visual quality

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; PIXELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY FUNCTION (CSF); HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM (HVS); INTRA-BAND CONTRAST; JUST-NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE (JND);

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 36849012034     PISSN: 10473203     EISSN: 10959076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvcir.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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