Memory-efficient contour-based region-of-interest coding of arbitrarily large images

Nabil G. Sadaka, Glen P. Abousleman, Lina Karam

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a memory-efficient, contour-based, region-of-interest (ROI) algorithm designed for ultra-low-bit-rate compression of very large images. The proposed technique is integrated into a user-interactive wavelet-based image coding system in which multiple ROIs of any shape and size can be selected and coded efficiently. The coding technique compresses region-of-interest and background (non-ROI) information independently by allocating more bits to the selected targets and fewer bits to the background data. This allows the user to transmit large images at very low bandwidths with lossy/lossless ROI coding, while preserving the background content to a certain level for contextual purposes. Extremely large images (e.g., 65000 × 65000 pixels) with multiple large ROIs can be coded with minimal memory usage by using intelligent ROI tiling techniques. The foreground information at the encoder/decoder is independently extracted for each tile without adding extra ROI side information to the bit stream. The arbitrary ROI contour is down-sampled and differential chain coded (DCC) for efficient transmission. ROI wavelet masks for each tile are generated and processed independently to handle any size image and any shape/size of overlapping ROIs. The resulting system dramatically reduces the data storage and transmission bandwidth requirements for large digital images with multiple ROIs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMobile Multimedia/Image Processing for Military and Security Applications 2007
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 19 2007
EventMobile Multimedia/Image Processing for Military and Security Applications 2007 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: Apr 11 2007Apr 12 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume6579
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherMobile Multimedia/Image Processing for Military and Security Applications 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period4/11/074/12/07

Keywords

  • Differential chain coding
  • Lossy/lossless coding
  • Region-of-interest coding
  • Wavelet-based coding

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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