Vector quantization in SPIHT image codec

Rafi Mohammad, Christopher F. Barnes

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Abstract

The image coding The terms coding and compression are used synonymously in this paper. algorithm "Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT)" introduced by Said and Pearlman achieved an excellent rate-distortion performance by an efficient ordering of wavelet coefficients into subsets and bit plane quantization of significant coefficients. We observe that there is high correlation among the significant coefficients in each SPIHT pass. Hence, in this paper we propose trained scalar-vector quantization (depending on a boundary threshold) of significant coefficients to exploit correlation. In each pass, the decoder reconstructs coefficients with scalar or vector quantized values rather than with bit plane quantized values. Our coding method outperforms the scalar SPIHT coding in the high bit-rate region for standard test images.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Image and Video Technology - First Pacific Rim Symposium, PSIVT 2006, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages742-750
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)354068297X, 9783540682974
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event1st Pacific Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, PSIVT 2006 - Hsinchu, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: Dec 10 2006Dec 13 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4319 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st Pacific Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, PSIVT 2006
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityHsinchu
Period12/10/0612/13/06

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