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Fast fractal compression of greyscale images

J Cardinal

    IEEE Transactions on Image Processing : a Publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society
    |February 6, 2008
    PubMed
    Summary

    A novel fractal compression algorithm for greyscale images significantly speeds up the process by reducing it to a nearest neighbors problem. This new method achieves faster image compression without compromising visual quality.

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