Optimization of quadtree segmentation and hybrid two-dimensional and three-dimensional motion estimation in a rate-distortion framework

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1726-1738

  Tzovaras, Dimitrios ^b,f   Vachtsevanos, Stavros ^b   Strintzis, Michael G ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a IEEE

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f TECHNICAL CHAMBER OF GREECE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hybrid 2 D and 3 D motion estimation; Quadtree segmentation; Rate distortion theory; Very low bit rate coding

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MOTION ESTIMATION METHOD; QUADTREE SEGMENTATION; RATE DISTORTION THEORY; WAVELET PACKET IMAGE CODING;

IMAGE CODING;

EID: 0031351393     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/49.650046     Document Type: Article

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