A no-reference sharpness metric sensitive to blur and noise

2009 International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEx 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 64-69

  Zhu, Xiang ^a   Milanfar, Peyman ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Blur; Covariance; Gradient; Noise; Sharpness metric; Singular value

Indexed keywords

BLUR; COVARIANCE; GRADIENT; NOISE; SHARPNESS METRIC; SINGULAR VALUE;

EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

METRIC SYSTEM;

EID: 70350769135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QOMEX.2009.5246976     Document Type: Conference Paper

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