NoR-VDPNet++

NoR-VDPNet++ is a deep-learning based no-reference metric trained on HDR-VDP. Traditionally, HDR-VDP requires a reference image, which is not possible to have in some scenarios.

NoR-VDPNet++ is a no-reference metric, so it requires a single image in order to asses its quality. NoR-VDPNet can be trained on High Dynamic Range (HDR) images or Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) images (i.e., classic 8-bit images).

DEPENDENCIES:

Requires the PyTorch library along with Image, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, glob2, pandas, and scikit-learn.

As the first step, you need to follow the instructions for installing PyTorch.

To install dependencies, please use the following command:

pip3 install numpy, scipy, matplotlib, glob2, pandas, image, scikit-learn, opencv-python. 

HOW TO RUN IT:

To run our metric on a folder of images (i.e., JPEG, PNG, EXR, HDR, and MAT files), you need to launch the file norvdpnet.py. Some examples:

Testing SDR images for the trained distortions (see the paper):

python3 norvdpnetpp.py SDR /home/user00/images_to_be_sdr/

Testing HDR images after JPEG-XT compression:

python3 norvdpnetpp.py HDR_COMP /home/user00/images_to_be_hdr/

Testing HDR images after tone mapping operators:

python3 norvdpnetpp.py SDR_TMO /home/user00/images_to_be_sdr/

Testing images after inverse tone mapping operators:

python3 norvdpnetpp.py HDR_ITMO /home/user00/images_to_be_hdr/

WEIGHTS DOWNLOAD:

Weights can be downloaded at this link.

Note that these weights are meant to model ONLY determined distortions; please see reference to have a complete overview.

DO NOT:

There are many people use NoR-VDPNet++ in an appropriate way:

1. Please do not use weights_nor_sdr for HDR images;

2. Please do not use weights_nor_jpg_xt for SDR images;

3. Please do not use weights_nor_tmo for HDR images; only gamma-encoded SDR images!!!

4. Please do not use weights_nor_itmo for SDR images;

5. Please do not use weights for different distortions.

DATASET PREPARATION:

Coming soon.

TRAINING:

Coming soon.

REFERENCE:

If you use NoR-VDPNet in your work, please cite it using this reference:

@ARTICLE{10089442,
  author={Banterle, Francesco and Artusi, Alessandro and Moreo, Alejandro and Carrara, Fabio and Cignoni, Paolo},
  journal={IEEE Access}, 
  title={NoR-VDPNet++: Real-Time No-Reference Image Quality Metrics}, 
  year={2023},
  volume={11},
  number={},
  pages={34544-34553},
  doi={10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3263496}
}