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  • Image Processing
  • Computer Graphics

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  • Estimating image quality and noise perception is crucial for image processing and realistic computer graphics.
  • Computer-generated images often lack reference images, making traditional noise assessment methods unusable.
  • Stochastic noise in global illumination methods requires effective stopping criteria for rendering.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a new method for characterizing computational noise in computer-generated images.
  • To develop a no-reference image quality assessment (NR-IQA) method.
  • To predict visual convergence thresholds for image rendering.

Main Methods:

  • Representing image noise using the entropy of Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) of image blocks.
  • Utilizing Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)-entropy as input for a recurrent neural network (RNN) model.
  • Establishing a relationship between SVD-Entropy and perceptual quality for NR-IQA.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method effectively characterizes computational noise using SVD-entropy.
  • Recurrent neural networks successfully extract image noise and predict visual convergence thresholds.
  • Experimental results show good consistency between the proposed method's stopping criterion measures and psycho-visual scores.

Conclusions:

  • The developed NR-IQA method provides a reliable way to assess image quality in computer-generated images without a reference.
  • The SVD-entropy and RNN-based approach offers a promising solution for determining optimal rendering stopping criteria.
  • This research contributes to improving the efficiency and quality of photo-realistic image generation.