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Interest in image compression for Internet and other multimedia applications has spurred research into compression techniques that will increase storage capabilities and transmission speed. This tutorial provides a practical guide to fractal and wavelet approaches--two techniques with exciting potential. It is intended for scientists, engineers, researchers, and students. It provides both introductory information and implementation details. Three Windows-compatible software systems are included so that readers can explore the new technologies in depth. Complete C/C++ source code is provided, enabling readers to go beyond the accompanying software. The mathematical presentation is accessible to advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students in technical fields.

Contents

- Preface
- Introduction
- Iterated Function Systems
- Fractal Encoding of Grayscale Images
- Speeding Up Fractal Encoding
- Simple Wavelets
- Daubechies Wavelets
- Wavelet Image Compression Techniques
- Comparison of Fractal and Wavelet Image Compression
- References
- Appendix A: Using the Accompanying Software
- Appendix B: Utility Windows Library (UWL)
- Appendix C: Organization of the Accompanying Software Source Code ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Excellent as a tutorial !
This book is very good to be a tutorial or an introduction to this field. The presentation is simple and you can follow it easily.
I had project on this topic exactly, and I learned much from it.

This is book is on target
This book is on target for those who would like to learn the application of wavelet theory in image processing, which is an exciting field waiting for more people to explore. The applications of wavelet theory is numerous,but this is a hard-to-find book that concentrates on image processing, itworths a trial. ... Read more

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