Scope of validity of PSNR in image/video quality assessment
Abstract
Experimental data are presented that clearly demonstrate the scope of application of peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) as a video quality metric. It is shown that as long as the video content and the codec type are not changed, PSNR is a valid quality measure. However, when the content is changed, correlation between subjective quality and PSNR is highly reduced. Hence PSNR cannot be a reliable method for assessing the video quality across different video contents.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
AES in Cipher Feedback mode (CFB) works as a stream-cipher.
“In the Cipher Feedback mode (CFB), AES works as a stream-cipher [28]”
From Effectiveness of crypto-transcoding for H.264/AVC and HEVC video bit-streams (2019) · cites this paper as [28]
AES-CFB benefits from a self-synchronization mechanism for real-time transmission.
“and additionally benefits from a self-synchronization mechanism for real-time transmission.”
From Effectiveness of crypto-transcoding for H.264/AVC and HEVC video bit-streams (2019) · cites this paper as [28]
The citation lists haven’t been fetched yet
References 3 · Cited by 2,959
- Authors
- Huynh-Thu, Q., & Ghanbari, M.
- Affiliations
- Psytechnics Ltd, Fraser House, 23 Museum Street, Ipswich, IP1 1HN, United Kingdom
- University of Essex (GB)
- ORCID
- Ghanbari, M.
- Venue
- Electronics Letters
- Published
- 2008-06-19
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 800-801
- ISSN
- 0013-5194 (ISSN-L)
- 1350-911X
- OpenAlex
- W2114770744
- Cited by
- 2,959
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 335 · 2025: 355 · 2024: 367 · 2023: 326 · 2022: 223 · 2021: 248 · 2020: 211 · 2019: 170 · 2018: 128 · 2017: 113 · 2016: 115 · 2015: 108 · 2014: 78 · 2013: 49 · 2012: 50
- FWCI
- 39.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Electronics Letters (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Image and Video Quality Assessment
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Signal Processing › Video Coding and Compression Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques
- Keywords
- PSNR, video quality assessment, objective quality metrics, subjective quality
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review