Image and Video Quality Assessment

Abstract

Recently, there is a striking rise in the interest and demand of accurate image quality assessment algorithms. Image and video quality assessment plays an important role in optimizing, benchmarking, monitoring, and inspecting multimedia systems. Since the human visual system (HVS) is the ultimate receiver of the visual signals, developing quality assessment algorithms that align well with human visual perception is crucial in system design and optimization. The straightforward way to evaluate the quality is subjective viewing by many observers with standard procedures. However, it is time-consuming, expensive, and also difficult for online applications. In this chapter, we will review the recent advances of objective quality assessment, including the image, video, and 3D-video quality assessment.