Non-shift edge based ratio (NSER): An image quality assessment metric based on early vision features

IEEE Signal Processing Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 315-318

  Zhang, Min ^a   Mou, Xuanqin ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Image quality assessment (IQA); non shift edge (NSE); non shift edge based ratio (NSER); zero crossing

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK DATABASE; CLASSICAL RECEPTIVE FIELD; EARLY VISION; EDGE-BASED; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM; IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING; IMAGE PRIMITIVES; IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT; NON-SHIFT EDGE (NSE); NON-SHIFT EDGE BASED RATIO (NSER); PERCEPTUAL QUALITY; PROCESSING STAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION; ZERO-CROSSING; ZERO-CROSSING DETECTION;

IMAGE QUALITY; RATING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 79953288333     PISSN: 10709908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LSP.2011.2127473     Document Type: Article

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