This document gives an overview of the MPEG-4 standard, explaining which pieces of technology it includes and what sortof applications are supported by this technology.Table of Contentsl Executive Overviewl Table of Contentsl 1. Scope and features o
Abstract—This paper presents a shape-adaptive waveletcoding technique for coding arbitrarily shaped still texture. Thistechnique includes shape-adaptive discrete wavelet transforms(SA-DWT’s) and extentions of zerotree entropy (ZTE) codingand embedde
ContentsSection I FundamentalsChapter 1 Introduction1.1 Practical Needs for Image and Video Compression1.2 Feasibility of Image and Video Compression1.2.1 Statistical Redundancy1.2.2 Psychovisual Redundancy1.3 Visual Quality Measurement 1.3.1 Subjec