Date of Award
January 2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Computer Science
First Advisor
Ronald Marsh
Abstract
The aim of this research was to develop an algorithm that will produce a considerable improvement in the quality of JPEG images, by removing blocking and ringing artifacts, irrespective of the level of compression present in the image. We review multiple published related works, and finally present a computationally efficient algorithm for reducing the blocky and Gibbs oscillation artifacts commonly present in JPEG compressed images. The algorithm alpha-blends a smoothed version of the image with the original image; however, the blending is controlled by a limit factor that considers the amount of compression present and any local edge information derived from the application of a Prewitt filter. In addition, the actual value of the blending coefficient (α) is derived from the local Mean Structural Similarity Index Measure (MSSIM) which is also adjusted by a factor that also considers the amount of compression present. We also present our results as well as the results for a variety of other papers whose authors used other post compression filtering methods.
Recommended Citation
Goswami, Riddhiman, "Removal Of Blocking Artifacts From JPEG-Compressed Images Using An Adaptive Filtering Algorithm" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 1776.
https://commons.und.edu/theses/1776