Nonreference method for estimating PSNR of MPEG-2 coded video by using DCT coefficients and picture energy

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 817-826

  Ichigaya, Atsuro ^b   Nishida, Yukihiro ^b   Nakasu, Eisuke ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

AC energy; Discrete cosine transform (DCT) information; MPEG 2; Nonreference method; Not coded blocks; Peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR)

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORMS; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORM (DCT) INFORMATION; NONREFERENCE METHOD; PEAK SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (PSNR);

IMAGE CODING;

EID: 44449160875     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2008.920658     Document Type: Article

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