Traditional methods of image and video coding rely on linear transformations that focus primarily on high compression. With the increasing demand for digital im

Interest in image compression for internet and other multimedia applications has spurred research into compression techniques that will increase storage capabil

An exciting new development has taken place in the digital era that has captured the imagination and talent of researchers around the globe - wavelet image comp

There are several approaches to image compression. The current most popular methods relies on eliminating high frequency components of the signal by storing onl

The book assumes that the reader has a basic background in computing or engineering.