Perceptually Relevant Image Fidelity

C.C. Taylor, Z. Pizlo, and J.P. Allebach, "Perceptually Relevant Image Fidelity," Proceedings of the 1998 IS&T/SPIE International Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology, San Jose, CA, 24-30 January 1998, vol. 3299.

Abstract

In recent years a number of image fidelity measures have been developed. These measures are designed to predict a person's ability to perceive differences between two nearly identical images. Successful image fidelity measures allow digital imaging developers to replace difficult and time consuming subjective evaluations with automated evaluations. Although a number of image fidelity measures have been developed, no method for evaluating and comparing the accuracy of these measures has been commonly accepted. In this paper we describe a new method for evaluating image fidelity measures. The method involves comparing spatially localized ratings from a human subject with distortion maps generated by an image fidelity measure.

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