For a long time different studies have focused on introducing new image enhancement techniques. While these techniques show a good performance and are able to increase the quality of images, little attention has been paid to how and when overenhancement occurs in the image. This
could possibly be linked to the fact that current image quality metrics are not able to accurately evaluate the quality of enhanced images. In this study we introduce the Subjective Enhanced Image Dataset (SEID) in which 15 observers are asked to enhance the quality of 30 reference images
which are shown to them once at a low and another time at a high contrast. Observers were instructed to enhance the quality of the images to the point that any more enhancement will result in a drop in the image quality. Results show that there is an agreement between observers on when over-enhancement
occurs and this point is closely similar no matter if the high contrast or the low contrast image is enhanced.
Journal Title : Color and Imaging Conference
Publisher Name : Society for Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151 USA
Sahar Azimian, Farah Torkamani Azar, Seyed Ali Amirshahi, "How Good is Too Good? A Subjective Study on Over Enhancement of Images" in Proc. IS&T 29th Color and Imaging Conf.,2021,pp 83 - 88, https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2169-2629.2021.29.83
How Good is Too Good? A Subjective Study on Over Enhancement of Images
AzimianSahar
Torkamani AzarFarah
Ali AmirshahiSeyed
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2021
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For a long time different studies have focused on introducing new image enhancement techniques. While these techniques show a good performance and are able to increase the quality of images, little attention has been paid to how and when overenhancement occurs in the image. This
could possibly be linked to the fact that current image quality metrics are not able to accurately evaluate the quality of enhanced images. In this study we introduce the Subjective Enhanced Image Dataset (SEID) in which 15 observers are asked to enhance the quality of 30 reference images
which are shown to them once at a low and another time at a high contrast. Observers were instructed to enhance the quality of the images to the point that any more enhancement will result in a drop in the image quality. Results show that there is an agreement between observers on when over-enhancement
occurs and this point is closely similar no matter if the high contrast or the low contrast image is enhanced.
Image enhancementContrast enhancementImage quality AssessmentSubjective data collection