No-reference image quality assessment based on dual-domain feature fusion

Abstract

Image quality assessment (IQA) aims to devise computational models to evaluate image quality in a perceptually consistent manner. In this paper, a novel no-reference image quality assessment model based on dual-domain feature fusion is proposed, dubbed as DFF-IQA. Firstly, in the spatial domain, several features about weighted local binary pattern, naturalness and spatial entropy are extracted, where the naturalness features are represented by fitting parameters of the generalized Gaussian distribution. Secondly, in the frequency domain, the features of spectral entropy, oriented energy distribution, and fitting parameters of asymmetrical generalized Gaussian distribution are extracted. Thirdly, the features extracted in the dual-domain are fused to form the quality-aware feature vector. Finally, quality regression process by random forest is conducted to build the relationship between image features and quality score, yielding a measure of image quality. The resulting algorithm is tested on the LIVE database and compared with competing IQA models. Experimental results on the LIVE database indicate that the proposed DFF-IQA method is more consistent with the human visual system than other competing IQA methods.