Quality Assessment in the Era of Large Models: A Survey

Understand

Quality assessment, which evaluates the visual quality level of multimedia experiences, has garnered significant attention from researchers and has evolved substantially through dedicated efforts.

• Before the advent of large models, quality assessment typically relied on small expert models tailored for specific tasks.
• While these smaller models are effective at handling their designated tasks and predicting quality levels, they often lack explainability and robustness.
• With the advancement of large models, which align more closely with human cognitive and perceptual processes, many researchers are now leveraging the prior knowledge embedded in these large models for quality assessment tasks.