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Rate-distortion optimization is the key technique in video coding standards to efficiently determine a set of coding parameters. In the R-D optimization for H.264 I-frame encoder, the distortion (D) is measured as the sum of the squared differences (SSD) between the reconstructed and the original blocks, which is same as MSE. Recently, a new image measurement called Structural Similarity (SSIM) based on the degradation of structural information was brought forward. It is proved that the SSIM can provide a better approximation to the perceived image distortion than the currently used PSNR (or MSE). In this paper, a new rate-distortion optimization for H.264 I-frame encoder using SSIM as the distortion metric is proposed. Experiment results show that the proposed algorithm can reduced 2.2~6.45% bit rate while maintaining the perceptual quality.
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Mai, ZY., Yang, CL., Po, LM., Xie, SL. (2005). A New Rate-Distortion Optimization Using Structural Information in H.264 I-Frame Encoder. In: Blanc-Talon, J., Philips, W., Popescu, D., Scheunders, P. (eds) Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems. ACIVS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3708. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11558484_55
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