Introduction 1
Digital Video 5
Image and Video Compression Fundamentals 27
Vide Coding Standards: JPEG and MPEG 47
Video Coding Standards: H.261, H.263 and H.26L 79
Motion Estimation and Compensation 93
Transform Coding 127
Entropy Coding 163
Pre- and Post-Processing 195
Rate, Distortion and Complexity 211
Transmission of Coded Video 235
Platforms 257
Video CODEC Design 271
Future Developments 289
Iain Edward Richardson, The Robert Gordon University,
Aberdeen
Dr Iain Richardson is currently a Reader in video communications
and also a Lecturer in digital communications, computer networks
and digital electronics in the School of Engineering at the Robert
Gordon University. His research interests include video compression
and transport and multimedia networking. Dr Richardson is an
experienced author, having written the books H.264 and MPEG-4 Video
Compression: Video Coding for Next-generation Multimedia (Wiley,
2003), and over 40 conference and journal papers. He has also been
working on the development of video compression systems since 1993,
and now is a convener for the Image Communication Technology
Research Group, at the Robert Gordon University.
This book deserves to be in every university library and it would be excellent as a course text. Also, if you have even a passing understanding of signal processing and want to know more, it's a great read--VISUAL SYSTEMS JOURNAL, JUNE 2002
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