A novel no-reference PSNR estimation method with regard to deblocking filtering effect in H.264/AVC Bitstreams

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 320-330

  Na, Taeyoung ^a   Kim, Munchurl ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Deblocking filter; H264 AVC; no reference visual quality assessment; peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894488440     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2013.2255425     Document Type: Article

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