Supplemental subjective testing to evaluate the performance of image and video quality estimators

Frank M. Ciaramello; Amy R. Reibman

doi:10.1117/12.876747

2 February 2011 Supplemental subjective testing to evaluate the performance of image and video quality estimators

Frank M. Ciaramello, Amy R. Reibman

Proceedings Volume 7865, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVI; 78650Q (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876747
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2011, San Francisco Airport, California, United States

Abstract

The subjective tests used to evaluate image and video quality estimators (QEs) are expensive and time consuming. More problematic, the majority of subjective testing is not designed to find systematic weaknesses in the evaluated QEs. As a result, a motivated attacker can take advantage of these systematic weaknesses to gain unfair monetary advantage. In this paper, we draw on some lessons of software testing to propose additional testing procedures that target a specific QE under test. These procedures supplement, but do not replace, the traditional subjective testing procedures that are currently used. The goal is to motivate the design of objective QEs which are better able to accurately characterize human quality assessment.

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Frank M. Ciaramello and Amy R. Reibman "Supplemental subjective testing to evaluate the performance of image and video quality estimators", Proc. SPIE 7865, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVI, 78650Q (2 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876747

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