Analysis of the potential efficiency of post-filtering noisy images after lossy compression

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https://doi.org/10.36023/ujrs.2023.10.1.231

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grayscale images, lossy image compression, optimal operation point, BPG coder, post-filtering, DCT-based filter

Abstract

An increase in the number of images and their average size is the general trend nowadays. This increase leads to certain problems with data storage and transfer via communication lines. A common way to solve this problem is to apply lossy compression that provides sufficiently larger compression ratios compared to lossless compression approaches. However, lossy compression has several peculiarities, especially if a compressed image is corrupted by quite intensive noise. First, a specific noise-filtering effect is observed. Second, an optimal operational point (OOP) might exist where the quality of a compressed image is closer to the corresponding noise-free image than the quality of the original image according to a chosen quality metric. In this case, it is worth compressing this image in the OOP or its closest neighborhood. These peculiarities have been earlier studied and their positive impact on image quality improvement has been demonstrated. Filtering of noisy images due to lossy compression is not perfect. Because of this, it is worth checking can additional quality improvement be reached using such an approach as post-filtering. In this study, we attempt to answer the questions: “is it worth to post-filter an image after lossy compression, especially in OOP’s neighborhood? And what benefit can it bring in the sense of image quality?”. The study is carried out for better portable graphics (BPG) coder and the DCT-based filter focusing mainly on one-component (grayscale) images. The quality of images is characterized by several metrics such as PSNR, PSNR-HVS-M, and FSIM. Possible image quality increasing via post-filtering is demonstrated and the recommendations for filter parameter setting are given.

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2023-04-03

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Techniques for Earth observation data acquisition, processing and interpretation