Title : 
Objective quality assessment for compressed video
         
        
            Author : 
Yao, Sum ; Lin, Weisi ; Lu, Zhongkang ; Ong, EePing ; Etoh, Minoru
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We propose a new objective quality metric for evaluating image and video quality in coding applications. In this metric, visual quality scores are given based on a combination of three factors: visually masked error, blurring distortion and structural distortion. Compared with vision-based models, it is easier to calculate and applicable to both image and video processing applications. Good correlation with subjective test scores has been obtained using the proposed metric.
         
        
            Keywords : 
coding errors; image coding; optical distortion; quality control; video coding; blurring distortion; coding application; image processing; image quality; objective quality metric; structural distortion; subjective test scores; video compression; video processing; video quality; visual quality scores; visually masked error; Distortion measurement; Eyes; Humans; Image coding; Image quality; PSNR; Quality assessment; Testing; Video coding; Video compression;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Circuits and Systems, 2003. ISCAS '03. Proceedings of the 2003 International Symposium on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-7761-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISCAS.2003.1206067