New Metric for Quality Analysis of Deblocked Images

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International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT)          
 
© - September Issue 2013 by IJCTT Journal
Volume-4 Issue-9                           
Year of Publication : 2013
Authors :K.Venkatesh Nayak, G.V.R.Sagar

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K.Venkatesh Nayak, G.V.R.Sagar"New Metric for Quality Analysis of Deblocked Images"International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT),V4(9):3048-3053 September Issue 2013 .ISSN 2231-2803.www.ijcttjournal.org. Published by Seventh Sense Research Group.

Abstract:- The advanced quality assessment of Deblocked images is done in this new metric way. Also we study the efficiency of de-blocking algorithms for improving visual signals degraded by blocking artifacts from JPEG compression. Rather than using the existing PSNR metric, we instead propose a new block-sensitive index metric, named as PSNR-B, this metric produces objective judgments that accord with observations. The PSNR-B metric modi?es PSNR by including a blocking effect factor (BEF). Also we study about Structural Similarity Metric (SSIM). The Simulation results shows the new metric PSNR-B results in better performance for quality assessment of Deblocked images than PSNR metric.

 

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Keywords — BEF (Blocking Effect Factor), de- blocked images, distortion, quality image assessment, quantization, and POCS deblocking filter.