@article{apexassumptionfreeprojectionbasedembeddi,
  title = {APEX: Assumption-free Projection-based Embedding eXamination Metric for Image Quality Assessment},
  author = {Caterina Gallegati and Monica Bianchini and Franco Scarselli and Vittorio Murino and Barbara Toniella Corradini},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2605.07786},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.07786},
}