With the huge proliferation of digital video in recent decades, the need for more efficient compression has grown. Video Coding: Applications and New Directions brings the reader the latest research in the field, offering theoretical, practical and cutting-edge perspectives from experts around the world. In the first part, advanced video coding for the multimedia services of the future is considered. In the second part, recent advances, such as in rate-distortion analysis and control for H.264 standard, are presented. In the third part, effective control in multimedia contexts is brought into focus. In the fourth part, advanced image acquisition, processing techniques and applications are outlined; topics considered include image processing for characterization of porous materials and for spectral measurements of leaves. Finally, part five offers in-depth contributions on topics such as the state of the art in compressive video coding, motion estimation in H.264 and global motion estimation. The book offers a rich range of topics and points of view, and is sure to interest and inspire systems engineers, researchers and graduate students in the area of multimedia and video communications.
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