质量评估指标：SSIM（Structural similarity 结构相似性）

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一、结构相似性

SSIM 是一种基于感知的模型，它将图像退化视为结构信息的感知变化，同时还结合了重要的感知现象，如亮度掩蔽和对比度掩蔽。
与 MSE 或 PSNR 等其他技术的不同之处在于，这些方法估计绝对误差。
结构信息是指像素具有很强的相互依赖性，尤其是当它们在空间上接近时。 这些依赖项携带有关视觉场景中对象结构的重要信息。

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二、定义

SSIM值是通过不同的图像窗口计算的

u_x：x的平均值;
u_y：y的平均值;
o_x^2：x的方差;
o_y^2：y的方差;
o_xy：x和y的协方差;
c1=(k1L)^2;
c2=(k2L)^2;
L：像素值的动态范围；
默认值：k1=0.01、k2=0.03。

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三、应用

图像压缩：SSIM
图像修复：Stat-SSIM
模式识别：CW-SSIM

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四、SSIM源码

function [mssim, ssim_map] = ssim(img1, img2, K, window, L)

if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 5)
   mssim = -Inf;
   ssim_map = -Inf;
   return;
end

if (size(img1) ~= size(img2))
   mssim = -Inf;
   ssim_map = -Inf;
   return;
end

[M N] = size(img1);

if (nargin == 2)
   if ((M < 11) || (N < 11))
	   mssim = -Inf;
	   ssim_map = -Inf;
      return
   end
   window = fspecial('gaussian', 11, 1.5);	%
   K(1) = 0.01;					% default settings
   K(2) = 0.03;					%
   L = 255;                                     %
end

if (nargin == 3)
   if ((M < 11) || (N < 11))
	   mssim = -Inf;
	   ssim_map = -Inf;
      return
   end
   window = fspecial('gaussian', 11, 1.5);
   L = 255;
   if (length(K) == 2)
      if (K(1) < 0 || K(2) < 0)
		   mssim = -Inf;
   		ssim_map = -Inf;
	   	return;
      end
   else
	   mssim = -Inf;
   	ssim_map = -Inf;
	   return;
   end
end

if (nargin == 4)
   [H W] = size(window);
   if ((H*W) < 4 || (H > M) || (W > N))
	   mssim = -Inf;
	   ssim_map = -Inf;
      return
   end
   L = 255;
   if (length(K) == 2)
      if (K(1) < 0 || K(2) < 0)
		   mssim = -Inf;
   		ssim_map = -Inf;
	   	return;
      end
   else
	   mssim = -Inf;
   	ssim_map = -Inf;
	   return;
   end
end

if (nargin == 5)
   [H W] = size(window);
   if ((H*W) < 4 || (H > M) || (W > N))
	   mssim = -Inf;
	   ssim_map = -Inf;
      return
   end
   if (length(K) == 2)
      if (K(1) < 0 || K(2) < 0)
		   mssim = -Inf;
   		ssim_map = -Inf;
	   	return;
      end
   else
	   mssim = -Inf;
   	ssim_map = -Inf;
	   return;
   end
end


img1 = double(img1);
img2 = double(img2);

% automatic downsampling
f = max(1,round(min(M,N)/256));
%downsampling by f
%use a simple low-pass filter 
if(f>1)
    lpf = ones(f,f);
    lpf = lpf/sum(lpf(:));
    img1 = imfilter(img1,lpf,'symmetric','same');
    img2 = imfilter(img2,lpf,'symmetric','same');

    img1 = img1(1:f:end,1:f:end);
    img2 = img2(1:f:end,1:f:end);
end

C1 = (K(1)*L)^2;
C2 = (K(2)*L)^2;
window = window/sum(sum(window));

mu1   = filter2(window, img1, 'valid');
mu2   = filter2(window, img2, 'valid');
mu1_sq = mu1.*mu1;
mu2_sq = mu2.*mu2;
mu1_mu2 = mu1.*mu2;
sigma1_sq = filter2(window, img1.*img1, 'valid') - mu1_sq;
sigma2_sq = filter2(window, img2.*img2, 'valid') - mu2_sq;
sigma12 = filter2(window, img1.*img2, 'valid') - mu1_mu2;

if (C1 > 0 && C2 > 0)
   ssim_map = ((2*mu1_mu2 + C1).*(2*sigma12 + C2))./((mu1_sq + mu2_sq + C1).*(sigma1_sq + sigma2_sq + C2));
else
   numerator1 = 2*mu1_mu2 + C1;
   numerator2 = 2*sigma12 + C2;
	denominator1 = mu1_sq + mu2_sq + C1;
   denominator2 = sigma1_sq + sigma2_sq + C2;
   ssim_map = ones(size(mu1));
   index = (denominator1.*denominator2 > 0);
   ssim_map(index) = (numerator1(index).*numerator2(index))./(denominator1(index).*denominator2(index));
   index = (denominator1 ~= 0) & (denominator2 == 0);
   ssim_map(index) = numerator1(index)./denominator1(index);
end

mssim = mean2(ssim_map);

return

参考文献
Image_quality_assessment_from_error_visibility_to_structural_similarity