Structural Similarity Measure to Assess Improvement by Noise in Nonlinear Image Transmission

We show that the structural similarity index is able to register stochastic resonance or improvement by noise in nonlinear image transmission, and sometimes when not registered by traditional measures of image similarity, and that in this task this index remains in good match with the visual appreciation of image quality.

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