| AGGD | asymmetric generalized Gaussian distribution |
| BDT | binary decision tree |
| CF | colorfulness |
| CGM | color gradient magnitude |
| CNN | convolutional neural network |
| E | entropy |
| ET | extra tree |
| FR-VQA | full-reference video quality assessment |
| GAM | generalized additive model |
| GPR | Gaussian process regressor |
| GRU | gated recurrent unit |
| HVS | human visual system |
| IQA | image quality assessment |
| LIVE | Laboratory for Image and Video Engineering |
| MOS | mean opinion score |
| NIQE | naturalness image quality evaluator |
| NMS | non-maximal suppression |
| NN | neural network |
| NR-IQA | no-reference image quality assessment |
| NR-VQA | no-reference video quality assessment |
| NSS | natural scene statistics |
| PIQE | perception-based image quality evaluator |
| PLCC | Pearson’s linear correlation coefficient |
| RBF | radial basis function |
| RMS | root mean square |
| RNN | recurrent neural network |
| RR-VQA | reduced-reference video quality assessment |
| SI | spatial information |
| SROCC | Spearman’s rank order correlation coefficient |
| SVR | support vector regressor |
| VQA | video quality assessment |
| VQC | video quality challenge |