Optimal blockwise dependent quantization for stereo image coding

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 861-867

  Woo, Woontack ^a   Ortega, Antonio ^b  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BLOCKWISE QUANTIZATION; DEPENDENT BIT ALLOCATION; VITERBI ALGORITHM;

IMAGE CODING;

EID: 0032646677     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/76.785724     Document Type: Article

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