| HVS | human vision system |
| SRD | salient region detection |
| CNN | convolutional neural network |
| FCN | fully convolutional network |
| BISA | blind image sharpness assessment |
| MEW | mean edge width |
| CPBD | cumulative probability of blur detection |
| S3 | spectral and spatial sharpness |
| FISH | fast image sharpness |
| SVC | singular value curve |
| LPC | local phase coherence |
| MLV | maximum local variation |
| SPARISH | sparse representation based image sharpness |
| BIBLE | blind image blur evaluation |
| RISE | robust image sharpness evaluation |
| LIVE | an image database available online |
| CSIQ | an image database available online |
| TID13 | an image database available online |
| DPLSG | diffusion process on a 2-layer sparse graph |
| SORBD | saliency optimization from robust background detection |
| SRIS | saliency region detection and image segmentation |
| PLCC | Pearson linear correlation coefficient |
| SRCC | Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient |
| CR | center region |
| WI | whole image |
| SR | salient region |
| mSR | major salient region |