Mat t1, t2, t3;

    t1 = 2 * mu1_mu2 + C1;
    t2 = 2 * sigma12 + C2;
    t3 = t1.mul(t2);              // t3 = ((2*mu1_mu2 + C1).*(2*sigma12 + C2))

    t1 = mu1_2 + mu2_2 + C1;
    t2 = sigma1_2 + sigma2_2 + C2;
    t1 = t1.mul(t2);               // t1 =((mu1_2 + mu2_2 + C1).*(sigma1_2 + sigma2_2 + C2))

    Mat ssim_map;
    divide(t3, t1, ssim_map);      // ssim_map =  t3./t1;

    Scalar mssim = mean( ssim_map ); // mssim = average of ssim map
    return mssim;
}