Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2003. / Typescript. Bibliographical references: leaf 201-211.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007. / Title from title screen (site viewed July 22, 2008). PDF text: viii, 127 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 2 Mb. UMI publication number: AAT 3296996. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

Thesis (M.App.Sc.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-107). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Thesis (M.Eng.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999. / Bibliography: leaves 134-141.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 45).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 202-221). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the nature of digital image compression and the calculation of the quality of the compressed images. The work is focused on greyscale images in the domain of satellite images and aerial photographs. Two compression techniques are studied in detail namely the JPEG and fractal compression methods. Implementations of both these techniques are then applied to a set of test images. The rest of this thesis is dedicated to investigating the measurement of the loss of quality that was introduced by the compression. A general method for quality measurement (signal To Noise Ratio) is discussed as well as a technique that was presented in literature quite recently (Grey Block Distance). Hereafter, a new measure is presented. After this, a means of comparing the performance of these measures is presented. It was found that the new measure for image quality estimation performed marginally better than the SNR algorithm. Lastly, some possible improvements on this technique are mentioned and the validity of the method used for comparing the quality measures is discussed. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie tesis is om ondersoek in te stel na die aard van digitale beeldsamepersing en die berekening van beeldkwaliteit na samepersing. Daar word gekonsentreer op grysvlak beelde in die spesifieke domein van satellietbeelde en lugfotos. Twee spesifieke samepersingstegnieke word in diepte ondersoek naamlik die JPEG en fraktale samepersingsmetodes. Implementasies van beide hierdie tegnieke word op 'n stel toetsbeelde aangewend. Die res van hierdie tesis word dan gewy aan die ondersoek van die meting van die kwaliteitsverlies van hierdie saamgeperste beelde. Daar word gekyk na 'n metode wat in algemene gebruik in die praktyk is asook na 'n nuwer metode wat onlangs in die literatuur veskyn het. Hierna word 'n nuwe tegniek bekendgestel. Verder word daar 'n vergelyking van hierdie mates en 'n ondersoek na die interpretasie van die 'kwaliteit' van hierdie kwaliteitsmate gedoen. Daar is gevind dat die nuwe maatstaf vir kwaliteit net so goed en selfs beter werk as die algemene maat vir beeldkwaliteit naamlik die Sein tot Ruis Verhouding. Laastens word daar moontlike verbeterings op die maatstaf genoem en daar volg 'n bespreking oor die geldigheid van die metode wat gevolg is om die kwaliteit van die kwaliteitsmate te bepaal

Thesis (MScEng)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the problems with any deep space communication system is that information may be altered or lost during transmission due to channel noise. It is known that any damage to the bit stream may lead to objectionable visual quality distortion of images at the decoder. The purpose of this thesis is to design an error correction and data compression algorithm for image protection, which will allow the communication bandwidth to be better utilized. The work focuses on Sunsat (Stellenbosch Satellite) images as test images. Investigations were done on the JPEG 2000 compression algorithm's robustness to random errors, putting more emphasis on how much of the image is degraded after compression. Implementation of both the error control coding and data compression strategy is then applied to a set of test images. The FEe algorithm combats some if not all of the simulated random errors introduced by the channel. The results illustrates that the error correction of random errors is achieved by a factor of 100 times (xl00) on all test images and that the probability of error of 10-2in the channel (10-4for image data) shows that the errors causes little degradation on the image quality. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Een van die probleme met kommunikasie in die ruimte is dat informasie mag verlore gaan en! of gekorrupteer word deur ruis gedurende versending deur die kanaal. Dit is bekend dat enige skade aan die bisstroom mag lei tot hinderlike vervorming van die beelde wat op aarde ontvang word. Die doel van hierdie tesis om foutkorreksie en datakompressie te ontwikkel wat die satelliet beelde sal beskerm gedurende versending en die kommunikasie kanaal se bandwydte beter sal benut. Die werk fokus op SUNSAT (Stellenbosch Universiteit Satelliet) se beelde as toetsbeelde. Ondersoeke is gedoen na die JPEG2000 kompressie algoritme se bestandheid teen toevalsfoute, met klem op hoeveel die beeld gedegradeer word deur die bisfoute wat voorkom. Beide die kompressie en die foutkorreksie is ge-implementeer en aangewend op die toetsbeelde. Die foutkorreksie bestry die gesimuleerde toevalsfoute, soos wat dit op die kanaal voorkom. Die resultate toon dat die foutkorreksie die toevalsfoute met 'n faktor 100 verminder, en dat 'n foutwaarskynlikheid van 10-2 op die kanaal (10-4 op die beelddata) weinig degradering in die beeldkwaliteit veroorsaak.

[pt] Essa dissertação apresenta um codificador de imagens para baixas taxas de bits utilizando a decomposição da imagem em 10 sub-bandas através da aplicação da transformada wavelet. Uma técnica de redução de irrelevância visual é usada para descartar blocos de coeficientes das sub-bandas de alta freqüência (2 a 10). Os blocos remanescentes são classificados em bordas e não bordas e codificados através da técnica ECTCVQ ( Entropy-Constrained Trellis Coded Vector Quantization). Já a primeira sub-banda é codificada através da técnica PTCQ( Predictive Trellis Coded Quantization) com preservação de bordas. Na alocação de bits entre as sub-bandas é utilizado o algoritmo de Wersterink et al. Os resultados obtidos mostram um desempenho muito superior ao padrão JPEG, e bons resultados quando comparados a técnica de codificação de imagens recentes. / [en] This dissertation presentes a low bit rate image coder using a 10 sub-band image decomposition base don the wavelet transform. Some blocks of coefficients of the high frequency sub-bands are discarded by a technique of irrelevancy reduction. The remaning blocks are classified into edges and non-edges, and coded by ECTCVQ (Entropy- constrained Trellis Vector Quantization). The fist sub- band is coded by an edge preserving PTCQ (Predictive Trellis Coded Quantization), also proposed in this work. The Westerink et al. algorithm is used to allocate the bits between the sub-bands. The results obtained show that the performance of the proposed coder is Significantly superior so the one obtained with the standard JPEG. Moreover, good results are achivied as compared to recently proposed techniques of images coding.