Framework for optimal region of interest-based quality assessment in wireless imaging

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Engelke, Ulrich ^a   Zepernick, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERALIZATION ABILITY; GROUND TRUTH; HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM; IMAGE QUALITY METRICS; OPTIMAL REGIONS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY PREDICTION; REFERENCE IMAGE; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SUBJECTIVE EXPERIMENTS; SUBJECTIVE QUALITY; TEST IMAGES; VISUAL ATTENTION; WIRELESS IMAGING;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 76549119474     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3267097     Document Type: Article

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