Efficient mode selection for H.264 complexity reduction in a Bayesian framework

Signal Processing: Image Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-86

  Bystrom, M ^a   Richardson, I ^b   Zhao, Y ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Estimation; H.264; Mode selection; Video coding

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BLOCK CODES; IMAGE COMPRESSION; SIGNAL DISTORTION; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DECISION THRESHOLD; MACROBLOCKS; MODE SELECTION;

IMAGE CODING;

EID: 39149116338     PISSN: 09235965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.image.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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