1st Edition

Digital Image Sequence Processing, Compression, and Analysis

Edited By Todd R. Reed Copyright 2004
    288 Pages 66 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Digital image sequences (including digital video) are increasingly common and important components in technical applications ranging from medical imaging and multimedia communications to autonomous vehicle navigation. The immense popularity of DVD video and the introduction of digital television make digital video ubiquitous in the consumer domain.

    Digital Image Sequence Processing, Compression, and Analysis provides an overview of the current state of the field, as analyzed by leading researchers. An invaluable resource for planning and conducting research in this area, the book conveys a unified view of potential directions for further industrial development. It offers an in-depth treatment of the latest perspectives on processing, compression, and analysis of digital image sequences.

    Research involving digital image sequences remains extremely active. The advent of economical sequence acquisition, storage, and display devices, together with the availability of computing power, opens new areas of opportunity. This volume delivers the background necessary to understand the strengths and weaknesses of current techniques and the directions that consumer and technical applications may take over the coming decade.

    Introduction
    Todd R. Reed

    CONTENT-BASED IMAGE SEQUENCE REPRESENTATION
    Pedro M. Q. Aguiar, Radu S. Jasinschi, José M. F. Moura, and
    Charnchai Pluempitiwiriyawej

    THE COMPUTATION OF MOTION
    Christoph Stiller, Sören Kammel, Jan Horn, and Thao Dang

    MOTION ANALYSIS AND DISPLACEMENT ESTIMATION IN THE FREQUENCY DOMAIN
    Luca Lucchese and Guido Maria Cortelazzo

    QUALITY OF SERVICE ASSESSMENT IN NEW GENERATION WIRELESS VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS
    Gaetano Giunta

    ERROR CONCEALMENT IN DIGITAL VIDEO
    Francesco G.B. De Natale

    IMAGE SEQUENCE RESTORATION: A WIDER PERSPECTIVE
    Anil Kokaram

    VIDEO SUMMARIZATION
    Cuneyt M. Taskiran and Edward J. Delp

    HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES FROM A SEQUENCE OF LOW RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS
    L.D. Alvarez, R. Molina, and A.K. Katsaggelos

    Biography

    Todd R. Reed