Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 60, Issue 4, 0410023(2023)

No-Reference Image Quality Assessment Algorithm Based on Semi-Supervised Learning

Xiangdong Jin and Qingbing Sang*
Author Affiliations
  • School of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, China
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    Figures & Tables(12)
    Flowchart of the proposed algorithm
    Structure of feature extraction network
    Schematic of part architecture of ResNet and RepVGG
    Comparison between ReLU and P-ReLU
    Soft label generation in self-supervised learning part
    Scatter plot of prediction results of the proposed algorithm on each dataset. (a) LIVE dataset; (b) CSIQ dataset; (c) TID2008 dataset; (d) TID2013 dataset
    • Table 1. Quality score regression network

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      Table 1. Quality score regression network

      NameLayer
      FC1(1000,1024)
      FC2(1024,512)
      FC3(512,1)
    • Table 2. Comparison of SVR model prediction and five full-reference image quality evaluation algorithms

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      Table 2. Comparison of SVR model prediction and five full-reference image quality evaluation algorithms

      DatasetParameterSSIMFSIMcGMSDVSISPSIMProposed algorithm
      LIVESROCC0.9480.9650.9600.9520.9620.986
      PLCC0.9450.9650.9600.9430.9600.963
    • Table 3. Comparison of image quality assessment on each dataset

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      Table 3. Comparison of image quality assessment on each dataset

      DatasetNumber of referenced imagesNumber of distorted imagesEvaluation parameterParameter range
      LIVE29779DMOS[0,100]
      CSIQ30866DMOS[0,1]
      TID2008251700MOS[0,9]
      TID2013253000MOS[0,9]
      Challenge1169MOS[0,100]
      KonIQ-10k10073MOS[0,5]
    • Table 4. Performance comparison of different algorithms on artificial simulation datasets

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      Table 4. Performance comparison of different algorithms on artificial simulation datasets

      DatasetParameterMLVA-DRISEDIQADB-CNNProposed algorithm
      LIVESROCC0.9310.9680.9490.9700.9680.983
      PLCC0.9430.9730.9620.9720.9710.979
      CSIQSROCC0.9250.9220.8430.9460.957
      PLCC0.9490.9420.8680.9590.953
      TID2008SROCC0.8550.8650.928
      PLCC0.8580.8690.939
      TID2013SROCC0.8790.8120.9340.8440.8160.926
      PLCC0.8830.8450.9420.8800.8650.934
    • Table 5. Performance comparison of different algorithms on natural distortion datasets

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      Table 5. Performance comparison of different algorithms on natural distortion datasets

      AlgorithmChallengeKonIQ-10k
      SROCCPLCCSROCCPLCC
      HOSA0.6400.6780.6710.694
      WaDIQaM-NR0.6710.6800.7970.805
      PQR0.8570.8820.8800.884
      SFA0.8120.8330.8560.872
      Proposed algorithm0.8710.8630.8930.845
    • Table 6. Ablation experimental results

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      Table 6. Ablation experimental results

      ModuleLIVEChallenge
      SROCCPLCCSROCCPLCC
      RepVGG+ReLU0.9670.9570.8410.822
      RepVGG+P-ReLU0.9690.9620.8450.835
      RepVGG+ReLU+self0.9810.9750.8690.857

      RepVGG+P-ReLU+

      self(ours)

      0.9830.9790.8710.863
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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Jan. 14, 2022

    Accepted: Mar. 30, 2022

    Published Online: Feb. 14, 2023

    The Author Email: Sang Qingbing (sangqb@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP220543

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