• DocumentCode
    325993
  • Title

    A visual model for subband image coding

  • Author

    Fong, W.C. ; Chan, S.C. ; Ho, K.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Hong Kong Univ., Hong Kong
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    31 May-3 Jun 1998
  • Firstpage
    237
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we propose a visual model for the general subband coding system. This model is a generalization of Watson´s visual model for DCT. Based on this model, a new perceptual distortion is proposed which can be used together with an efficient bit allocation algorithm to determine the quantizer stepsizes of subband coders. Simulation results and subjective viewing tests demonstrate that the proposed approach is very effective in improving the subjective quality of the encoded image at low bit rate
  • Keywords
    image coding; quantisation (signal); Watson´s visual model; bit allocation algorithm; bit rate; encoded image; perceptual distortion; quantizer stepsizes; subband image coding; subjective viewing tests; visual model; Bit rate; Brightness; Discrete cosine transforms; Equations; Frequency domain analysis; Humans; Image coding; Masking threshold; Testing; Visual system;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 1998. ISCAS '98. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4455-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.1998.698803
  • Filename
    698803