Feasibility Study for the Development of a Motion Imagery Quality Metric

The motion imagery community would benefit from the availability of standard measures for assessing image interpretability. The National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale (NIIRS) has served as a community standard for still imagery, but no comparable scale exists for motion imagery. Several considerations unique to motion imagery indicate that the standard methodology employed in the past for NIIRS development may not be applicable or, at a minimum, require modifications. Traditional methods for NIIRS development rely on a close linkage between perceived image quality, as captured by specific image interpretation tasks, and the sensor parameters associated with image acquisition. The dynamic nature of motion imagery suggests that this type of linkage may not exist or may be modulated by other factors. An initial study was conducted to understand the effects of specific factors on perceived image interpretability for motion imagery. These factors are: Target motion: Other studies i...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: AIPR
• Authors: John M. Irvine, Charles Fenimore, David M. Cannon, John Roberts, Steven A. Israel, Larry Simon, Charles Watts, James D. Miller, Michelle Brennan, Ana Ivelisse Avilés, Paul F. Tighe, Richard J. Behrens
• Keywords: AIPR 2004, Image Interpretability, Motion Imagery, National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale, Pattern Recognition