Handbook Of Visual Communications - Softcover

9780123957849: Handbook Of Visual Communications

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0123957842 ISBN 13: 9780123957849

Publisher: Academic Press, 2012

This volume is the most comprehensive reference work on visual communications to date. An international group of well-known experts in the field provide up-to-date and in-depth contributions on topics such as fundamental theory, international standards for industrial applications, high definition television, optical communications networks, and VLSI design. The book includes information for learning about both the fundamentals of image/video compression as well as more advanced topics in visual communications research. In addition, the Handbook of Visual Communications explores the latest developments in the field, such as model-based image coding, and provides readers with insight into possible future developments.

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Research and product development in visual communciations has advanced quite rapidly in the past two decades. The Handbook of Visual Communications is designed to provide comprehensive coverage of this important technical field. A partial list of topics covered in this book includes image coding and information theory; human vision; bilevel image compression; motion estimation; vector quantization; tranform, subband, hierarchical, and model-based coding; hybrid high-definition television; international standards; video communication networks;; and VLSI for video coding. As a collective contribution from scholars and experts from all over the world, this book provides readers with accurate and state-of-the- art knowledge in this fast-growing field.|Research and product development in visual communciations has advanced quite rapidly in the past two decades. The Handbook of Visual Communications is designed to provide comprehensive coverage of this important technical field. A partial list of topics covered in this book includes image coding and information theory; human vision; bilevel image compression; motion estimation; vector quantization; tranform, subband, hierarchical, and model-based coding; hybrid high-definition television; international standards; video communication networks;; and VLSI for video coding. As a collective contribution from scholars and experts from all over the world, this book provides readers with accurate and state-of-the- art knowledge in this fast-growing field.

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