Visual-quality optimizing super resolution

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-140

  Liu, F ^a   Wang, J ^b   Zhu, S ^b   Gleicher, M ^a   Gong, Y ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^b NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Image super resolution

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMIZATION;

IMAGE SUPER RESOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OVERALL QUALITY; OVERALL VISUAL QUALITIES; PERCEPTION-BASED; QUALITY MEASURES; SUPER RESOLUTION; VISUAL QUALITIES;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 60849101581     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: 14678659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2008.01305.x     Document Type: Article

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