An order-16 integer cosine transform

It is shown that it is possible to replace the real-numbered elements of a discrete cosine transform (DCT) matrix with integers and still maintain the structure, i.e., relative magnitudes and orthogonality, among the matrix elements. The result is an integer cosine transform (ICT). Thirteen ICTs have been found, and some of them have performance comparable to the DCT. The main advantage of the ICT lies in having only integer values, which in two cases can be represented perfectly by 6-bit numbers, thus providing a potential reduction in the computational complexity