Data Compression Conference (DCC '04)
Multi-resolution Source Coding Using Entropy Constrained Dithered Scalar Quantization
Snowbird, Utah
March 23-March 25
ISBN: 0-7695-2082-0
In this paper, we build multi-resolution source codes using entropy constrained dithered scalar quantizers. We demonstrate that for n-dimensional random vectors, dithering followed by uniform scalar quantization and then by entropy coding achieves performance close to the n-dimensional optimum for a multi-resolution source code. Based on this result, we propose a practical code design algorithm and compare its performance with that of the Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT) algorithm on natural images.
Citation:
Qian Zhao, Hanying Feng, Michelle Effros, "Multi-resolution Source Coding Using Entropy Constrained Dithered Scalar Quantization," dcc, pp.22, Data Compression Conference (DCC '04), 2004