In this paper, we investigate if the well-known Structural Similarity image quality measure (SSIM) can be improved by incorporating gradient information. We propose a simple gradient similarity measure which yields results similar to the canonical correlation method. Using the LIVE image database, we show that our proposed gradient-based SSIM exhibits improved performance for degraded images in the mid-to-low quality range.

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Exploring the Use of Gradients in the Structural Similarity Image Quality Measure

  • Amelia Kunze,
  • Edward R. Vrscay

摘要

In this paper, we investigate if the well-known Structural Similarity image quality measure (SSIM) can be improved by incorporating gradient information. We propose a simple gradient similarity measure which yields results similar to the canonical correlation method. Using the LIVE image database, we show that our proposed gradient-based SSIM exhibits improved performance for degraded images in the mid-to-low quality range.