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SPSIM

The document proposes a new image quality assessment method called SPSIM that uses superpixels instead of square patches. SPSIM extracts features from superpixels, which are perceptually meaningful regions of pixels with similar visual characteristics. SPSIM evaluates image quality based on three measurements: superpixel luminance similarity, superpixel chrominance similarity, and pixel gradient similarity. These measurements are further revised by incorporating regional gradient consistency. A weighted pooling strategy then processes the pixel-wise similarities into a global quality score. Experiments showed the proposed SPSIM method performs competitively with state-of-the-art image quality assessment metrics.

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SPSIM

The document proposes a new image quality assessment method called SPSIM that uses superpixels instead of square patches. SPSIM extracts features from superpixels, which are perceptually meaningful regions of pixels with similar visual characteristics. SPSIM evaluates image quality based on three measurements: superpixel luminance similarity, superpixel chrominance similarity, and pixel gradient similarity. These measurements are further revised by incorporating regional gradient consistency. A weighted pooling strategy then processes the pixel-wise similarities into a global quality score. Experiments showed the proposed SPSIM method performs competitively with state-of-the-art image quality assessment metrics.

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SPSIM: A SuperPixel-based SIMilarity Index for Full-reference Image Quality

Assessment
Abstract
Full-reference image quality assessment algorithms usually perform comparisons of features extracted
from square patches. These patches do not have any visual meanings. On the contrary, a superpixel is
a set of image pixels that share similar visual characteristics and is thus perceptually meaningful.
Features from superpixels may improve the performance of image quality assessment. Inspired by
this, we propose a new superpixel-based similarity index (SPSIM) by extracting perceptually
meaningful features and revising similarity measures. The proposed method evaluates image quality
on the basis of three measurements, namely, superpixel luminance similarity, superpixel chrominance
similarity, and pixel gradient similarity. The first two measurements assess the overall visual
impression on local images. The third measurement quantifies structural variations. The impact of
superpixel-based regional gradient consistency on image quality is also analyzed. Distorted images
showing high regional gradient consistency with the corresponding reference images are visually
appreciated. Therefore, the three measurements are further revised by incorporating regional gradient
consistency into their computations. A weighting function that indicates superpixelbased texture
complexity is utilized in the pooling stage to obtain the final quality score. Experiments on several
benchmark databases demonstrate that the proposed method is competitive with state-of-the-art
metrics.

Method:
A weighted pooling strategy is employed to process pixel-wise similarity into a global quality score.
The framework of the proposed IQA metric is illustrated in Fig. 3, where superpixelbased calculations
are highlighted in red while pixel-wise operations are in gray. The inputs r and d are initially
partitioned into many superpixels using the SLIC segmentation of r and then decomposed into YUV
components. With the Y components, gradient magnitude is computed and RGC is measured in each
superpixel. Luminance, chrominance, and gradient similarities are calculated subsequently in
consideration of RGC. Finally, the integration of these similarities is obtained and a pooling operation
is conducted to derive the final quality score.
ADVANTAGES OF PROPOSED SYSTEM:

 Image Clarity improvement is high.


 Compared with the previous version, our improved model is more effective and
flexible.
 Exection Time is Very less.

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE:

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:

 System : Pentium Dual Core.


 Hard Disk : 120 GB.
 Monitor : 15’’LED
 Input Devices : Keyboard, Mouse
 Ram :
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:

 Operating system : Windows 7.


 Coding Language : MATLAB
 Tool : MATLAB R2013A

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