An Improved SPIHT Algorithm based on Double Significance Criteria

  • Yang, Chang-Mo (Kwangju Institute of science and Technology (K-JIST)) ;
  • Ho, Yo-Sung (Kwangju Institute of science and Technology (K-JIST))
  • Published : 2000.07.01

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an improved SBIHT algorithm based on double significance criteria. According to the defined relationship between a threshold and a boundary rate-distortion slope, we choose significant coefficients and trees. The selected significant coefficients and trees are quantized and entropy-coded. Experimental results demonstrate that the boundary rate-distortion slope is well adapted and the proposed algorithm is quite competitive to and often outperforms the SPIHT algorithm.

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