Perceptual Criteria for Image Quality Evaluation

Handbook of Image and Video Processing, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 939-959

  Pappas, Thrasyvoulos N ^a   Safranek, Robert J ^b   Chen, Junqing ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Benevue Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012119792-6/50118-2     Document Type: Chapter

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