Author Affiliations
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130033, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Screenshot of software used in subjective assessment experiments of TID2013
Fig. 2. Effects of r1 and r2 on results of subjective assessment
Fig. 3. Screenshot of software used in cyclical integrating
Fig. 4. Screenshot of software used in selecting best quality
Fig. 5. Screenshot of software used in adjusting sequence
Fig. 6. Reference image
Fig. 7. Results of subjective assessment experiments
Fig. 8. Dynamic clustering diagram of images
Fig. 9. Subjective assessment scores of image quality
Fig. 10. Screenshot of software used in test of just-noticeable difference
Fig. 11. Areas that are easily perceived to change in quality
Fig. 12. Euclidean distances between test results and true values
Fig. 13. STDs of results obtained by proposed method
Fig. 14. Comparison of STDs between proposed method and other image quality databases
Database | Year | Reference | Distortion | Level | Total | Format | Resolution |
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LIVE(image) | 2006 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1011 | BMP | ≤768×512 | IVC | 2005 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 195 | BMP | 512×512 | CSIQ | 2010 | 30 | 6 | 4-5 | 930 | PNG | 512×512 | TID2008 | 2008 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 1725 | BMP | 512×384 | TID2013 | 2013 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 3025 | BMP | 512×384 |
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Table 1. Widely used image quality databases
Database | Method | Score | Subject | Rating | Screen | Distance |
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LIVE(image) | SS | DMOS | 161 | 20-29 | CRT/21″ | 2Hs-2.5Hs | IVC | DSIS | DMOS | 15 | 15 | CRT/21″ | 6Hs | CSIQ | SS | DMOS | 25 | 5-7 | LCD/21″ | 80 cm | TID2008 | DSCQS | MOS | 838 | 33 | LCD/19″ | 2Hs-4Hs | TID2013 | DSCQS | MOS | 985 | 47 | LCD&CRT/19″ | 2Hs-4Hs |
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Table 2. Experiments of subjective assessment
Score | Distortion level | Score | Distortion level |
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-3 | Much worse | +1 | Slightly better | -2 | Worse | +2 | Better | -1 | Slightly worse | +3 | Much better | 0 | The same | | |
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Table 3. Quality scale of subjective assessment for ITU-R BT.500-13
Score | Distortion level |
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+2 | Better | +1 | The same |
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Table 4. Simplified quality scale of subjective assessment
Distortion level | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 32 | 40 | 48 | 56 |
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Point spread blur radius | 0.31 | 0.94 | 1.56 | 5.31 | 7.50 | 10.00 | 12.50 | 15.00 | 17.50 | Just noticeable difference | +0.33 | +0.28 | +0.34 | +0.51 | +0.66 | +0.97 | +1.52 | +1.93 | +3.35 | Obvious difference | +0.69 | +0.75 | +0.84 | +1.86 | +2.05 | +2.66 | +2.84 | +3.67 | +3.96 |
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Table 5. Mean JND