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Universal trellis coded quantization.

J H Kasner1, M W Marcellin, B R Hunt

  • 1The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA 20151-3824, USA.

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing : a Publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society
|February 13, 2008
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A novel universal trellis coded quantization (UTCQ) method offers efficient, high-performance data compression without complex codebooks. This technique achieves results comparable to advanced methods, proving effective for image coding applications.

Area of Science:

  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Information Theory
  • Image Compression

Background:

  • Trellis coded quantization (TCQ) is a powerful technique for data compression.
  • Existing methods like entropy-constrained trellis coded quantization (ECTCQ) often require computationally intensive codebook design.
  • There is a need for efficient quantization methods that avoid complex design algorithms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a new trellis coded quantization technique called universal trellis coded quantization (UTCQ).
  • To demonstrate that UTCQ achieves performance comparable to ECTCQ without requiring stored codebooks or complex design algorithms.
  • To present an image coding application utilizing UTCQ and a method for perceptual enhancement.

Main Methods:

  • Developed UTCQ using uniform quantization thresholds and on-the-fly quantizer training.

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  • Designed UTCQ with symmetric codebook and trellis geometry for efficient encoding of symmetric probability density sources.
  • Implemented an image coder combining adaptive wavelet coefficient subblock classification, arithmetic coding, and UTCQ.

    • Main Results:

    • UTCQ performance is comparable to ECTCQ across various encoding rates.
    • UTCQ enables continuous quantization rates through specific rate allocation and quantizer modeling procedures.
    • The presented image coder demonstrated excellent performance, validating the efficacy of UTCQ.

    Conclusions:

    • UTCQ is an effective and efficient alternative to traditional TCQ methods, especially for image compression.
    • The symmetric nature of UTCQ simplifies encoding for specific data types.
    • A post-decoding perceptual enhancement scheme improves low-bitrate image quality without re-encoding.