Index Image Quality Metric

A system and method that computes a quality score for an index image is disclosed. The method includes receiving an index image, computing a blurriness score of the index image based on variance associated with the index image, computing an image resolution score of the index image based on an area of the index image and a threshold area, computing a feature spread score for the index image using a first plurality of features associated with the index image, computing a feature uniqueness score for the index image using a description associated with each of a second plurality of features and determining a quality score for the index image using the blurriness score, the image resolution score, the feature spread score, and the feature uniqueness score.