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Through extensive research, the General Image Quality Equation (GIQE) based on the National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale (NIIRS) has been developed. However, poor reliability and low accuracy issues remain due to the failure to consider human visual characteristics. This paper introduces the Target Task Performance (TTP) criterion as a key parameter to reflect the cascading degradation factors of human visual perception characteristics and system imaging links, which improves the reliability of the model. A New Optimized Remote Sensing Image Quality Equation (NORSIQE), which effectively predicted the interpretability of image information, is constructed. Using 200 sets of test data, the quantitative relationship between key parameters (GSD, TTP, and SNR) of the NORSIQE and the subjective NIIRS level is obtained by a least squares regression fit, and the determination coefficient of the model is as high as 0.916. The model is evaluated for accuracy using 120 sets of validation data, showing an 87% improvement compared to the GIQE4. This method provides theoretical support for the development of new methods for remote sensing image quality evaluation and the design of payloads for remote sensing imaging systems.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15174121","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,22]],"date-time":"2023-08-22T09:10:56Z","timestamp":1692695456000},"page":"4121","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A Remote Sensing Image Quality Interpretation Scale Characterization Method Based on the TTP Criterion"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Yue","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}]},{"given":"Xiaorui","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}]},{"given":"Chao","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Overview of Research on Image Quality Evaluation","volume":"35","author":"Zhou","year":"2008","journal-title":"Comput. 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