• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.29-35
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• 2010

In this paper, we introduce a novel entropy coding method to improve the JPEG image compression standard. JPEG is one of the most widely used image compression methods due to its high visual quality for the compression ratio, and especially because of its high efficiency. Based on the observation that the blocks of data fed to the entropy coder usually contain consecutive sequences of numbers with small magnitudes including 0, 1, and -1, we separate those sequences from the data and encode them using a method dedicated to those values. We further improve the compression ratio based on the fact that this separation makes the lengths of blocks much shorter. In our experiment, we show that the proposed method can outperform the JPEG standard preserving its visual characteristics.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.43-53
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• 2001

WT(Wavelet Transform) is used to avoid blocking effect that is the disadvantage of JPEG using DCT(Discrete Cosine Transform). Because the proposed coding scheme is the same as JPEG, the proposed algorithm is compatible with that of JPEG. To achieve the goal, WT'ed image is reconstructed into 8$\times$8 coding block. Each coding block is quantized with the proposed weighting matrix that is derived from human visual characteristic and error analysis in WT'ed domain. By experiments, the proposed algorithm is superior to JPEG, in terms of PSNR(Peak Signal to Noise Ratio) and WMSE(Weighted Mean Square Error).

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.175-182
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• 1994

The international standard for digital compression and coding of continuous-tone still image known as JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) standard is investigated for medical image archiving and communication. The JPEG standard has widely been accepted in the areas of electronic image communication, computer graphics, and multimedia applications, however, due to the lossy character of the JPEG compression its application to the field of medical imaging has been limited. In this paper, the JPEG standard is investigated for medical image compression with a series of head sections of magnetic resonance (MR) images (256 and 4096 graylevels, $256 {\times}256$size). Two types of Huffman codes are employed, i. e., one is optimized to the image statistics to be encoded and the other is a predetermined code, and their coding efficiencies are examined. From experiments, compression ratios of higher than 15 were obtained for the MR images without noticeable distortion. Error signal in the reconstructed images by the JPEG standard appears close to random noise. Compared to existing full-frame bit-allocation technique used for radiological image compression, the JPEG standard achieves higher compression with less Gibb's artifact. Feature of the progressive image build-up of the JPEG progressive coding may be useful in remote diognosis when data is transmitted through slow public communication channel.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.11c
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• pp.77-80
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 JPEG 영상을 인터넷상에서 효율적으로 전송하기 위한 Partial Access를 지원하는 JPEG 변환 처리 기술을 제안한다. 네트웍 상에서 영상을 전부 전송하지 않고 클라이언트의 브라우져의 디스플레이에 필요한 부분만을 실시간으로 전송한다면 전체 네트웍 효율을 높일 수 있다. 이를 위해서는 영상을 Partial Access 할 수 있어야 한다. 또한, 본 논문에서 제안한 Partial Access 기능이 추가된 JPEG 영상은 기존의 JPEG과 완전 호환되며, 클라이언트는 기존의 일반 웹 브라우져를 그대로 사용할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2009.01a
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• pp.466-469
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• 2009

This paper presents a modified QIM-JPEG2000 steganography which improves the previous JPEG2000 steganography using quantization index modulation (QIM). Post-embedding changes in file size and PSNR by the modified QIM-JPEG2000 are smaller than those by the previous QIM-JPEG2000. Steganalysis experiments to determine whether messages are embedded in given JPEG2000 images show that the modified QIM-JPEG2000 is more secure than the previous QIMJPEG2000.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.134-137
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• 2009

최근 마이크로소프트 (Microsoft)에서 발표된 후 주목 받고 있는 JPEG XR 은 압축 효율 면에서 뛰어난 장점을 가지고 있다. 일반적으로 JPEG XR 은 기존의 JPEG 과는 다른 압축 과정과 주파수 성분 분포를 가지고 있다고 알려져 있다. 하지만 JPEG 압축 방식과 비교하여 JPEG XR 의 압축영역에서의 영상 필터 처리의 연구는 아직 미흡한 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 JPEG XR 의 압축과정과 주파수 성분 분포의 분석을 기반으로 효율적인 저역/고역통과 필터 함수를 제안하고, 체계적인 실험을 통해 제안한 필터함수의 효율성을 입증하였다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.66-74
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• 2023

Holography is the most promising 3D imaging technology to faithfully record and reproduce light information. In addition, it is widely explored in metrology for applications such as microscopy and tomography because it can accurately measure 3D shapes. However, the data size of a digital hologram is very large, and the data characteristics are notably different from those of conventional 2D images. The Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) is a group of experts from the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission. This group develops and maintains standards for still image compression. In 2014, the JPEG released a new standard for 3D image compression called JPEG Pleno to represent light fields, point clouds, and holograms. Among them, JPEG Pleno Holography is the first international standard for hologram compression. We review recent advances in JPEG Pleno Holography standardization and discuss future directions of development.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.11-18
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• 2009

In this paper, we introduce a novel method to extend the JPEG standard, which is the most widely used for lossy image compression, in order to improve compression ratio. To employ two of the most successful methodologies for the data compression: differential coding and quantization simultaneously, we propose a line-based approach. For each line in a block, we apply one-dimensional discrete cosine transformation to the increments instead of the pixel values. Those values are quantized and entropy-coded similarly to the JPEG standard. To further increase compression ratio, the proposed method is plugged into the JPEG standard to form a new compression method, in which the proposed method are applied to only selected JPEG blocks. In our experiment, we found that the proposed method outperform the JPEG standard when the qualities of the coded images are set to be high. We believe the proposed method can be simply plugged into the standard to improve its compression ratio for higher quality images.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1993.07a
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• pp.504-506
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• 1993

The Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) standard was proposed by the International Standardization Organization (ISO/SC 29/WG 10) and the CCITT SG VIII as an international standard for digital continuous-tone still image compression. The JPEG standard has been widely accepted in electronic imaging, computer graphics, and multi-media applications, however, due to the lossy character of the JPEG compression its application in the field of medical imaging has been limited. In this paper, the JPEG standard was applied to a series of head sections of magnetic resonance (MR) images (256 gray levels, $256{\times}256$ size) and its performance was investigated. For this purpose, DCT-based sequential mode of the JPEG standard was implemented using the CL550 compression chip and progressive and lossless coding was implemented by software without additional hardware. From the experiment, it appears that the compression ratio of about 10 to 20 was obtained for the MR images without noticeable distortion. It is also noted that the error signal between the reconstructed image by the JPEG and the original image was nearly random noise without causing any special-pattern-related artifact. Although the coding efficiency of the progressive and hierarchical coding is identical to that of the sequential coding in compression ratio and SNR, it has useful features In fast search of patient Image from huge image data base and in remote diagnosis through slow public communication channel.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.10 no.9
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• pp.4467-4486
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• 2016

Discrete cosine transform (DCT) based JPEG standard significantly improves the coding efficiency of image compression, but it is unacceptable event in serious blocking artifacts at low bit rate and low efficiency of high-definition image. In the light of all phase digital filtering theory, this paper proposes a novel transform based on discrete sine transform (DST), which is called all phase discrete sine biorthogonal transform (APDSBT). Applying APDSBT to JPEG scheme, the blocking artifacts are reduced significantly. The reconstructed image of APDSBT-JPEG is better than that of DCT-JPEG in terms of objective quality and subjective effect. For improving the efficiency of JPEG coding, the structure of JPEG is analyzed. We analyze key factors in design and evaluation of JPEG compression on the massive parallel graphics processing units (GPUs) using the compute unified device architecture (CUDA) programming model. Experimental results show that the maximum speedup ratio of parallel algorithm of APDSBT-JPEG can reach more than 100 times with a very low version GPU. Some new parallel strategies are illustrated in this paper for improving the performance of parallel algorithm. With the optimal strategy, the efficiency can be improved over 10%.