A Patch-Based Structural Masking Model with an Application to Compression

The ability of an image region to hide or mask a given target signal continues to play a key role in the design of numerous image processing and vision systems. However, current state-of-the-art models of visual masking have been optimized for artificial targets placed upon unnatural backgrounds. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Damon M. Chandler, Matthew D. Gaubatz, Sheila S. Hemami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2009-01-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/649316