A perceptual metric for stereoscopic image quality assessment based on the binocular energy

Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 281-316

  Bensalma, Rafik ^a   Larabi, Mohamed Chaker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

3D perception; Binocular energy; Simple and complex cells; Stereoscopic quality assessment

Indexed keywords

3D PERCEPTION; HUMAN PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL METRICS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; SIMPLE AND COMPLEX CELLS; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING;

BINOCULARS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84879689644     PISSN: 09236082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11045-012-0178-3     Document Type: Article

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