No-reference metric design with machine learning for local video compression artifact level

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-308

  Vink, Jelte Peter ^a   De Haan, Gerard ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AdaBoost; artifact reduction; compression artifact; human visual system; image quality evaluation; no reference metric

Indexed keywords

ADABOOST; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPRESSION ARTIFACTS; HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM; IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION; NO REFERENCES;

ADAPTIVE BOOSTING; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; MACHINE DESIGN; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 79952982192     PISSN: 19324553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTSP.2010.2055832     Document Type: Article

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