Perceptual quality measurement of video frames affected by both packet losses and coding artifacts

Tao Liu; Hua Yang; Alan Stein; Yao Wang

doi:10.1109/QOMEX.2009.5246949

Perceptual quality measurement of video frames affected by both packet losses and coding artifacts

Tao Liu, Hua Yang, Alan Stein, Yao Wang

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of perceptual quality measurement on individual coded video frames with distortions caused by both lossy source coding and lossy transmission. We focus on low bitrate H.264 coded video with error concealment and propagation due to packet losses. Identifying Human Visual System (HVS) masking effect as one of the most important factors affecting the perceptual quality, we investigate its impacts on the two aforementioned artifacts in individual video frames respectively, and then evaluate their corresponding Just-Noticeable-Difference (JND) based perceptual distortions. Finally, we combine the two distortions together and propose a block-wise full-reference quality metric for a single distorted video frame. Our subjective evaluation results show that the proposed metric correlates fairly well with actual subjective quality ratings.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2009 International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEx 2009
Pages	210-215
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/QOMEX.2009.5246949
State	Published - 2009
Event	2009 International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEx 2009 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Jul 29 2009 → Jul 31 2009

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Name	2009 International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEx 2009

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Other	2009 International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEx 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	7/29/09 → 7/31/09

Keywords

Error propagation
H.264/AVC
Just noticeable difference
Perceptual quality
Spatial masking

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Computer Science Applications
Software

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Liu, T., Yang, H., Stein, A., & Wang, Y. (2009). Perceptual quality measurement of video frames affected by both packet losses and coding artifacts. In 2009 International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEx 2009 (pp. 210-215). Article 5246949 (2009 International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEx 2009). https://doi.org/10.1109/QOMEX.2009.5246949

Perceptual quality measurement of video frames affected by both packet losses and coding artifacts. / Liu, Tao; Yang, Hua; Stein, Alan et al.
2009 International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEx 2009. 2009. p. 210-215 5246949 (2009 International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEx 2009).

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Liu, T, Yang, H, Stein, A & Wang, Y 2009, Perceptual quality measurement of video frames affected by both packet losses and coding artifacts. in 2009 International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEx 2009., 5246949, 2009 International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEx 2009, pp. 210-215, 2009 International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEx 2009, San Diego, CA, United States, 7/29/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/QOMEX.2009.5246949

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