PICTURE CODING AND HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS
Digital Picture Compression and Coding Structure
. Introduction to Digital Picture Coding
. Characteristics of Picture Data
. Compression and Coding Techniques
. Picture Quantization
. Rate-Distortion Theory
. Human Visual Systems
. Digital Picture Coding Standards and Systems
. Summary
Fundamentals of Human Vision and Vision Modeling
. Introduction
. A Brief Overview of the Visual System
. Color Vision
. Luminance and the Perception of Light Intensity
. Spatial Vision and Contrast Sensitivity
. Temporal Vision and Motion
. Visual Modeling
. Conclusions
Coding Artifacts and Visual Distortions
. Introduction
. Blocking Effect
. Basis Image Effect
. Blurring
. Color Bleeding
. Staircase Effect
. Ringing
. Mosaic Patterns
. False Contouring
. False Edges
. MC Mismatch
. Mosquito Effect
. Stationary Area Fluctuations
. Chrominance Mismatch
. Video Scaling and Field Rate Conversion
. Deinterlacing
. Summary

PICTURE QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND METRICS
Video Quality Testing
. Introduction
. Subjective Assessment Methodologies
. Selection of Test Materials
. Selection of Participants-Subjects
. Experimental Design
. International Test Methods
. Objective Assessment Methods
. Summary
Perceptual Video Quality Metrics-A Review
. Introduction
. Quality Factors
. Metric Classification
. Pixel-Based Metrics
. The Psychophysical Approach
. The Engineering Approach
. Metric Comparisons
. Conclusions and Perspectives
Philosophy of Picture Quality Scale
. Objective Picture Quality Scale for Image Coding
. Application of PQS to a Variety of Electronic Images
. Various Categories of Image Systems
. Study at ITU
. Conclusion
Structural Similarity Based Image Quality Assessment
. Structural Similarity Based Image Quality
. The Structural SIMilarity (SSIM) Index
. Image Quality Assessment Based on the SSIM Index
. Discussions
Vision Model Based Digital Video Impairment Metrics
. Introduction
. Vision Modeling for Impairment Measurement
. Perceptual Blocking Distortion Metric
. Perceptual Ringing Distortion Measure
. Conclusion
Computational Models for Just-Noticeable Difference
. Introduction
. JND with DCT Subbands
. JND with Pixels
. JND Model Evaluation
. Conclusions
No-Reference Quality Metric for Degraded and Enhanced Video
. Introduction
. State-of-the-Art for No-Reference Metrics
. Quality Metric Components and Design
. No-Reference Overall Quality Metric
. Performance of the Quality Metric
. Conclusions and Future Research
Video Quality Experts Group
. Formation
. Goals
. Phase I
. Phase II
. Continuing Work and Directions
. Summary

PERCEPTUAL CODING AND PROCESSING OF DIGITAL PICTURES
HVS Based Perceptual Video Encoders
. Introduction
. Noise Visibility and Visual Masking
. Architectures for Perceptual Based Coding
. Standards-Specific Features
. Salience/Maskability Pre-Processing
. Application to Multi-Channel Encoding
Perceptual Image Coding
. Introduction
. A Perceptual Distortion Metric Based Image Coder
. Model Calibration
. Performance Evaluation
. Perceptual Lossless Coder
. Summary
Foveated Image and Video Coding
. Foveated Human Vision and Foveated Image Processing
. Foveation Methods
. Scalable Foveated Image and Video Coding
. Discussions
Artifact Reduction by Post-Processing in Image Compression
. Introduction
. Image Compression and Coding Artifacts
. Reduction of Blocking Artifacts
. Reduction of Ringing Artifacts
. Summary
Reduction of Color Bleeding in DCT Block-Coded Video
. Introduction
. Detailed Analysis of the Color Bleeding Phenomenon
. Description of the Post-Processor
. Experimental Results-Concluding Remarks
Error Resilience for Video Coding Service
. Introduction to Error Resilient Coding Techniques
. Error Resilient Coding Methods Compatible with MPEG-2
. Methods for Concealment of Cell Loss
. Experimental Procedure
. Experimental Results
. Conclusions
Critical Issues and Challenges
. Picture Coding Structures
. Vision Modeling Issues
. Spatio-Temporal Masking in Video Coding
. Picture Quality Assessment
. Challenges in Perceptual Coder Design
. Codec System Design Optimization
. Summary
Appendix: VQM Performance Metrics
. Metrics Relating to Model Prediction Accuracy
. Metrics Relating to Prediction Monotonicity of a Model
. Metrics Relating to Prediction Consistency
. MATLAB® Source Code
. Supplementary Analyses
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