Lossless image compression using an edge adapted lifting predictor
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2005-09
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Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
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1522-4880
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IEEE
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730 - 733
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English
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We present a novel and computationally simple prediction stage in a Daubechies 5/3 - like lifting structure for lossless image compression. In the 5/3 wavelet, the prediction filter predicts the value of an odd-indexed polyphase component as the mean of its immediate neighbors belonging to the even-indexed polyphase components. The new edge adaptive predictor, however, predicts according to a local gradient direction estimator of the image. As a result, the prediction domain is allowed to flip + or - 45 degrees with respect to the horizontal or vertical axes in regions with diagonal gradient. We have obtained good compression results with conventional lossless wavelet coders. © 2005 IEEE.