Suprathreshold image compression based on contrast allocation and global precedence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5007, Issue , 2003, Pages 73-86

  Chandler, Damon M ^a   Hemami, Sheila S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Global precedence; Image compression; Scale space integration; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTEGRATION; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CONTRAST ALLOCATION;

IMAGE COMPRESSION;

EID: 0242576590     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.477772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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