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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information

Improving the Efficiency in Halftone Image Generation Based on Structure Similarity Index Measurement

Aroba KHAN, Hernan AGUIRRE, Kiyoshi TANAKA

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This paper presents two halftoning methods to improve efficiency in generating structurally similar halftone images using Structure Similarity Index Measurement (SSIM). Proposed Method I reduces the pixel evaluation area by applying pixel-swapping algorithm within inter-correlated blocks followed by phase block-shifting. The effect of various initial pixel arrangements is also investigated. Proposed Method II further improves efficiency by applying bit-climbing algorithm within inter-correlated blocks of the image. Simulation results show that proposed Method I improves efficiency as well as image quality by using an appropriate initial pixel arrangement. Proposed Method II reaches a better image quality with fewer evaluations than pixel-swapping algorithm used in Method I and the conventional structure aware halftone methods.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E95-D No.10 pp.2495-2504
Publication Date
2012/10/01
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Online ISSN
1745-1361
DOI
10.1587/transinf.E95.D.2495
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Image Processing and Video Processing

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