scholarly journals Monte Carlo Optimization of a Combined Image Quality Assessment for Compressed Images Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-289
Author(s):  
Ahmed Bouida ◽  
Mustapha Khelifi ◽  
Mohammed Beladgham ◽  
Fatima-Zohra Hamlili
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
Image Compression ◽  
Image Quality Assessment ◽  
Image Data ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Data Systems ◽  
Monte Carlo Optimization ◽  
Compressed Images ◽  
Quality Aspects

In image processing, using compression is very important in various applications, especially those using data quantities in transmission and storing. This importance becomes most required with the evolution of image quantities and the big data systems explosion. The image compression allows reducing the required binary volume of image data by encoding the image for transmission goal or database saving. The principal problem with image compression when reducing its size is the degradation that enters the image. This degradation can affect the quality of use of the compressed image. To evaluate and qualify this quality, we investigate the use of textural combined image quality metrics (TCQ) based on the fusion of full reference structural, textural, and edge evaluation metrics. To optimize this metric, we use the Monte Carlo optimization method. This approach allows us to qualify our compressed images and propose the best metric that evaluates compressed images according to several textural quality aspects.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Textural Degradation in Compressed Medical and Biometric Images by Analyzing Image Texture Features and Edges

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 753-762
Author(s):  
Ahmed Bouida ◽  
Mohammed Beladgham ◽  
Abdesselam Bassou ◽  
Ismahane Benyahia ◽  
Abdelmalek Ahmed-Taleb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Image Compression ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Image Quality Assessment ◽  
Texture Features ◽  
Image Texture ◽  
Compression Process ◽  
Compressed Images ◽  
Biometric Systems ◽  
Second Generation Wavelet

The importance of image compression is now essential during transmission or storage processes in various data applications, especially in medical and biometric systems. To perform the effectiveness of the compression process on images and evaluate degradation caused by this process, image quality assessment becomes an important tool in image services. We note that the objective criteria in image quality depend especially on the image type and image texture composition. The actual tendency is to find metrics making better qualification on errors in compressed images and correlate with the human visual system. This paper presents an investigation to examine and evaluate image compression degradation by the use of a new tendency concept of image quality assessment based on texture and edge analysis. To perform and practice this evaluation, we compress the medical and biometric images using second-generation wavelet compression algorithms and study the degradation of texture information in these images.

The Application of the Combination of Monte Carlo Optimization Method based QSAR Modeling and Molecular Docking in Drug Design and Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 1389-1402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maja Zivkovic ◽  
Marko Zlatanovic ◽  
Nevena Zlatanovic ◽  
Mladjan Golubović ◽  
Aleksandar M. Veselinović
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Molecular Docking ◽  
Computer Calculation ◽  
Molecular Graph ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Docking Studies ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Qsar Modeling ◽  
Monte Carlo Optimization ◽  
Molecular Docking Studies

In recent years, one of the promising approaches in the QSAR modeling Monte Carlo optimization approach as conformation independent method, has emerged. Monte Carlo optimization has proven to be a valuable tool in chemoinformatics, and this review presents its application in drug discovery and design. In this review, the basic principles and important features of these methods are discussed as well as the advantages of conformation independent optimal descriptors developed from the molecular graph and the Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System (SMILES) notation compared to commonly used descriptors in QSAR modeling. This review presents the summary of obtained results from Monte Carlo optimization-based QSAR modeling with the further addition of molecular docking studies applied for various pharmacologically important endpoints. SMILES notation based optimal descriptors, defined as molecular fragments, identified as main contributors to the increase/ decrease of biological activity, which are used further to design compounds with targeted activity based on computer calculation, are presented. In this mini-review, research papers in which molecular docking was applied as an additional method to design molecules to validate their activity further, are summarized. These papers present a very good correlation among results obtained from Monte Carlo optimization modeling and molecular docking studies.

A NOVEL COMPRESSED IMAGES QUALITY METRIC

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 281-292
Author(s):  
WEN LU ◽  
LIHUO HE ◽  
WENJIAN TANG ◽  
FEI GAO ◽  
WEILONG HOU
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Image Quality Assessment ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Directional Information ◽  
Quality Metric ◽  
Compressed Images ◽  
Image Processing Algorithms ◽  
Processing Algorithms ◽  
Image Quality Index

As the performance indicator of the image processing algorithms or systems, image quality assessment (IQA) has attracted the attention of many researchers. Aiming to the widely used compression standards, JPEG and JPEG2000, we propose a new no reference (NR) metric for compressed images to do IQA. This metric exploits the causes of distortion by JPEG and JPEG2000, employs the directional discrete cosine transform (DDCT) to obtain the detail and directional information of the images and incorporates with the visual perception to obtain the image quality index. Experimental results show that the proposed metric not only has outstanding performance on JPEG and JPEG2000 images, but also applicable to other types of artifacts.

scholarly journals Real-Time Monte Carlo Optimization on FPGA for the Efficient and Reliable Message Chain Structure

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heoncheol Lee ◽  
Kipyo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Chain Structure ◽  
Processing Unit ◽  
Monte Carlo Optimization ◽  
Central Processing ◽  
Field Programmable ◽  
Programmable Gate Arrays

This paper addresses the real-time optimization problem to find the most efficient and reliable message chain structure in data communications based on half-duplex command–response protocols such as MIL-STD-1553B communication systems. This paper proposes a real-time Monte Carlo optimization method implemented on field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) which can not only be conducted very quickly but also avoid the conflicts with other tasks on a central processing unit (CPU). Evaluation results showed that the proposed method can consistently find the optimal message chain structure within a quite small and deterministic time, which was much faster than the conventional Monte Carlo optimization method on a CPU.

Blind Assessment of Wavelet-Compressed Images Based on Subband Statistics of Natural Scenes

2018 ◽  
pp. 1322-1337
Author(s):  
Yingchun Guo ◽  
Gang Yan ◽  
Cuihong Xue ◽  
Yang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Image Quality Assessment ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Natural Scenes ◽  
Assessment Scores ◽  
Compressed Images

This paper presents a no-reference image quality assessment metric that makes use of the wavelet subband statistics to evaluate the levels of distortions of wavelet-compressed images. The work is based on the fact that for distorted images the correlation coefficients of the adjacent scale subbands change proportionally with respect to the distortion of a compressed image. Subband similarity is used in this work to measure the correlations of the adjacent scale subbands of the same wavelet orientations. The higher the image quality is (i.e., less distortion), the greater the cosine similarity coefficient will be. Statistical analysis is applied to analyze the performance of the metric by evaluating the relationship between the human subjective assessment scores and the subband cosine similarities. Experimental results show that the proposed blind method for the quality assessment of wavelet-compressed images has sufficient prediction accuracy (high Pearson Correlation Coefficient, PCCs), sufficient prediction monotonicity (high Spearman Correlation Coefficient SCCs) and sufficient prediction consistency (low outlier ratios) and less running time. It is simple to calculate, has a clear physical meaning, and has a stable performance for the four image databases on which the method was tested.

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