Images transmitted over the world wide web are an excellent example of why data compression is important. Suppose we need to download a digitized color photograph over a computer's 33.6 kbps modem. If ...

More Efficient and Flexible Image Compression In his research, professor Marko Huhtanen from the University of Oulu Finland, specializing in applied and computational mathematics, introduces a new ...

Digital video currently follows the MPEG-2 standard, but improvements in image processing technology are set to move MPEG-4 to the forefront of video compression. Millions of DVD disks, satellite ...