简介：MostofImageQualityAssessment(IQA)metricsconsistoftwoprocesses.Inthefirstprocess,qualitymapofimageismeasuredlocally.Inthesecondprocess,thelastqualityscoreisconvertedfromthequalitymapbyusingthepoolingstrategy.Thefirstprocesshadbeenmadeeffectiveandsignificantprogresses,whilethesecondprocesswasalwaysdoneinsimpleways.Inthesecondprocessofthepoolingstrategy,theoptimalperceptualpoolingweightsshouldbedeterminedandcomputedaccordingtoHumanVisualSystem(HVS).Thus,areliablespatialpoolingmathematicalmodelbasedonHVSisanimportantissueworthyofstudy.Inthispaper,anewVisualPerceptualPoolingStrategy(VPPS)forIQAispresentedbasedoncontrastsensitivityandluminancesensitivityofHVS.ExperimentalresultswiththeLIVEdatabaseshowthatthevisualperceptualweights,obtainedbytheproposedpoolingstrategy,caneffectivelyandsignificantlyimprovetheperformancesoftheIQAmetricswithMeanStructuralSIMilarity(MSSIM)orPhaseQuantizationCode(PQC).ItisconfirmedthattheproposedVPPSdemonstratespromisingresultsforimprovingtheperformancesofexistingIQAmetrics.