Image compression is an essential technique for efficient transmission and storage of images. The demands for transmission and storage of multimedia data are increasing exponentially. A gray scale ...

Image and video coding encompasses a diverse array of techniques aimed at reducing the volume of visual data for storage and transmission, while preserving perceptual quality. These methods range from ...

Lossy compression schemes can be based on a source model, as in the case of speech compression, or a user or sink model, as is somewhat the case in image compression. In this chapter we look at audio ...