TY - JOUR
T1 - Objective quality assessment of stereoscopic images with vertical disparity using EEG
AU - Avarvand, Forooz Shahbazi
AU - Bosse, Sebastian
AU - Müller, Klaus Robert
AU - Schäfer, Ralf
AU - Nolte, Guido
AU - Wiegand, Thomas
AU - Curio, Gabriel
AU - Samek, Wojciech
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge Dr Matthias S Treder for his useful comments during this study. This research was partially funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG, SFB938/Z3 and TRR-169/B4). Klaus-Robert Mueller thanks DFG (DFG SPP 1527, MU 987/14-1) and the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) as well as by the Brain Korea 21 Plus Program funded by the Korean government. Correspondence to WS, GC, TW and KRM.
PY - 2017/5/25
Y1 - 2017/5/25
N2 - Objective. Neurophysiological correlates of vertical disparity in 3D images are studied in an objective approach using EEG technique. These disparities are known to negatively affect the quality of experience and to cause visual discomfort in stereoscopic visualizations. Approach. We have presented four conditions to subjects: one in 2D and three conditions in 3D, one without vertical disparity and two with different vertical disparity levels. Event related potentials (ERPs) are measured for each condition and the differences between ERP components are studied. Analysis is also performed on the induced potentials in the time frequency domain. Main results. Results show that there is a significant increase in the amplitude of P1 components in 3D conditions in comparison to 2D. These results are consistent with previous studies which have shown that P1 amplitude increases due to the depth perception in 3D compared to 2D. However the amplitude is significantly smaller for maximum vertical disparity (3D-3) in comparison to 3D with no vertical disparity. Our results therefore suggest that the vertical disparity in 3D-3 condition decreases the perception of depth compared to other 3D conditions and the amplitude of P1 component can be used as a discriminative feature. Significance. The results show that the P1 component increases in amplitude due to the depth perception in the 3D stimuli compared to the 2D stimulus. On the other hand the vertical disparity in the stereoscopic images is studied here. We suggest that the amplitude of P1 component is modulated with this parameter and decreases due to the decrease in the perception of depth.
AB - Objective. Neurophysiological correlates of vertical disparity in 3D images are studied in an objective approach using EEG technique. These disparities are known to negatively affect the quality of experience and to cause visual discomfort in stereoscopic visualizations. Approach. We have presented four conditions to subjects: one in 2D and three conditions in 3D, one without vertical disparity and two with different vertical disparity levels. Event related potentials (ERPs) are measured for each condition and the differences between ERP components are studied. Analysis is also performed on the induced potentials in the time frequency domain. Main results. Results show that there is a significant increase in the amplitude of P1 components in 3D conditions in comparison to 2D. These results are consistent with previous studies which have shown that P1 amplitude increases due to the depth perception in 3D compared to 2D. However the amplitude is significantly smaller for maximum vertical disparity (3D-3) in comparison to 3D with no vertical disparity. Our results therefore suggest that the vertical disparity in 3D-3 condition decreases the perception of depth compared to other 3D conditions and the amplitude of P1 component can be used as a discriminative feature. Significance. The results show that the P1 component increases in amplitude due to the depth perception in the 3D stimuli compared to the 2D stimulus. On the other hand the vertical disparity in the stereoscopic images is studied here. We suggest that the amplitude of P1 component is modulated with this parameter and decreases due to the decrease in the perception of depth.
KW - EEG analysis
KW - objective assessment
KW - quality of experience
KW - stereoscopic images
KW - vertical disparity
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U2 - 10.1088/1741-2552/aa6d8b
DO - 10.1088/1741-2552/aa6d8b
M3 - Article
C2 - 28540863
AN - SCOPUS:85031698683
VL - 14
JO - Journal of Neural Engineering
JF - Journal of Neural Engineering
SN - 1741-2560
IS - 4
M1 - 046009
ER -