Progressive Image Transmission by Segmentation-Based Coding

This paper presents a new Progressive Image Transmission methodology. It is based on a morphological segmentation technique: the watershed transformation, which is used to create a fine partition of the image. This partition is simplified by merging weakly contrasted regions. The methodology transmi...

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Published inJournal of visual communication and image representation Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 296 - 303
Main Authors Caron, S., Rivest, J.-F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.09.1996
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ISSN1047-3203
1095-9076
DOI10.1006/jvci.1996.0025

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Summary:This paper presents a new Progressive Image Transmission methodology. It is based on a morphological segmentation technique: the watershed transformation, which is used to create a fine partition of the image. This partition is simplified by merging weakly contrasted regions. The methodology transmits high-contrast edges first, which is more appropriate to the human visual system. A comparison of the method with JPEG is done on human subjects, showing a significant performance improvement in image recognition times.
ISSN:1047-3203
1095-9076
DOI:10.1006/jvci.1996.0025