A web-based digital analysis interface for image quality assessment

Abstract

Image processing and transmission systems may introduce some amount of distortion or artefacts in a digital image. This fact usually leads to a visual or statistical image quality assessment (IQA) required in many applications and research studies in order to analyse a product image in terms of deteriorations as well as effects of the processing. There are numerous IQA criteria presented in the literature separately that makes it really difficult both for use in comparative analyses and for educational purposes. In this presented work, a user friendly web-based digital educational interface for full-reference or no-reference image quality assessment using MATLAB builder NE has been developed. In addition to this, developed system performs user-defined optional deteriorations (median noise, Gaussian blur, motion blur, high-pass filter and jpeg compression) on the image and assesses deterioration of the image. It is an extremely easy, fast and economical way of analysing digital images, especially designed for researchers, graduate and postgraduate students who work on digital image processing. Using this web-based tool well contributes to teaching all of the IQA methods and quality effects of systematic distortions on the image as well as establishes a scientific benchmark for researchers.

Keywords:

• Web-based educational interface
• Image quality assessment
• Image processing
• MATLAB builder NE

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful and constructive comments on this paper. The authors would also like to thank Professor Dr Ismail Erturk for his encouragement and guidance in this presented web-based digital analysis interface work.