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Comparing Spatial Masking Modelling in Just Noticeable Distortion Controlled H.264/AVC Video Coding

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Analysis, Retrieval and Delivery of Multimedia Content

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This chapter studies the integration of a just noticeable distortion model in the H.264/AVC standard video codec to improve the final rate-distortion performance. Three masking aspects related to lossy transform coding and natural video contents are considered: frequency band decomposition, luminance component variations and pattern masking. For the latter aspect, three alternative models are considered, namely the Foley–Boynton, Foley–Boynton adaptive and Wei–Ngan models. Their performance, measured for high definition video contents, and reported in terms of bitrate improvement and objective quality loss, reveals that the Foley–Boynton and its adaptive version provide the best performance with up to 35.6 % bitrate reduction at the cost of at most 1.4 % objective quality loss.

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    Nicola Adami

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Naccari, M., Pereira, F. (2013). Comparing Spatial Masking Modelling in Just Noticeable Distortion Controlled H.264/AVC Video Coding. In: Adami, N., Cavallaro, A., Leonardi, R., Migliorati, P. (eds) Analysis, Retrieval and Delivery of Multimedia Content. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 158. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3831-1_15

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