Abdul Manap, R., Shao, L. and Frangi, A.F. orcid.org/0000-0002-2675-528X (2017) PATCH-IQ: A patch based learning framework for blind image quality assessment. Information Sciences, 420. pp. 329-344. ISSN 0020-0255
Abstract
Most well-known blind image quality assessment (BIQA) models usually follow a two-stage framework whereby various types of features are first extracted and used as an input to a regressor. The regression algorithm is used to model human perceptual measures based on a training set of distorted images. However, this approach requires an intensive training phase to optimise the regression parameters. In this paper, we overcome this limitation by proposing an alternative BIQA model that predicts image quality using nearest neighbour methods which have virtually zero training cost. The model, termed PATCH based blind Image Quality assessment (PATCH-IQ), has a learning framework that operates at the patch level. This enables PATCH-IQ to provide not only a global image quality estimation but also a local image quality estimation. Based on the assumption that the perceived quality of a distorted image will be best predicted by features drawn from images with the same distortion class, PATCH-IQ also introduces a distortion identification stage in its framework. This enables PATCH-IQ to identify the distortion affecting the image, a property that can be useful for further local processing stages. PATCH-IQ is evaluated on the standard IQA databases, and the provided scores are highly correlated to human perception of image quality. It also delivers competitive prediction accuracy and computational performance in relationship to other state-of-the-art BIQA models.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Information Sciences. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Image quality assessment; Blind image quality assessment; Interest point detection; Spatial domain features; Nearest neighbour classification and regression |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2017 14:23 |
Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2018 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2017.08.080 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ins.2017.08.080 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:124520 |