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Digital Video Quality Assessment using the Statistics of Boundary Strength of H.264/AVC  

Jung, Kwang-Su (Department of Computer Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Lee, Seon-Oh (Department of Computer Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Sim, Dong-Gyu (Department of Computer Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP / v.45, no.3, 2008 , pp. 64-73 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a novel objective video quality assessment method from encoded H.264/AVC.. Conventional algorithms have been proposed to assess video/image quality with image frames reconstructed in a decoder side. On the other hand, the proposed assessment is conducted with the syntax elements which are embedded in a bitstream. The proposed BS-based algorithm makes use of the statistics of boundary strength(BS) which are employed in the H.264/AVC. The proposed algorithm has lower computational complexity than conventional methods, EPSNR and Blockiness, resulting that it can accomplish assessment of the video quality in real time. Furthermore, the accuracy of the proposed video quality assessment is about 32% and 65% better than several conventional algorithms.
Keywords
VQEG; MOS; Bitstream; H.264/AVC; De-blocking filter;
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