This book presents the theory and application of new methods of image compression based on self-transformations of an image. These methods lead to a representation of an image as a fractal, an object with detail at all scales. Very practical and completely up-to-date, this book will serve as a useful reference for those working in image processing and encoding and as a great introduction for those unfamiliar with fractals. The book begins with an elementary introduction to the concept of fractal image compression and contains a rigorous description of all the relevant mathemtics of the subjects.
| ISBN | 3540942114 | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | | ISBN13 | 9783540942115
(What's this?) | | Pages | 359 | | Publisher | Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG | | Weight (grammes) | 705 | | Imprint | Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K | | Published in | Berlin | | Format | Hardback | | Previous ISBN | 9780387942117 | | Publication date | 01 Dec 1994 | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Library of Congress | TA1637.F73 | | Width (mm) | 138 | | DEWEY | 006.42 | | Academic level | Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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From the contents: Recent theoretical results on fast encoding and decoding methods, various schemes for encoding images using fractal methods, and theoretical models for the encoding/decoding process.- Working C code for a fractal encoding/decoding scheme capable of encoding images in a few seconds, decoding at arbitrary resolution, and achieving high compression rations.- Experimental results from various schemes showing their capability and forming the basis for a sophisticated implementation.- A list of previously unresearched projects containing both new ideas and inhancements to the schemes discussed in the book.- A comparison of the fractal schemes in the book with JPEG, commercial fractal software, and wavelet methods.
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