| Multimedia stands as one of the most challenging and exciting aspects of the information era. The extremely rapid growth of this field means that books even just a few years old may offer information that is already obsolete. Multimedia Image and Video Processing offers not only up-to-date research and developments, but does so in a way that provides a solid introduction to each topic that builds a basis for future study, research, and development. It deals with every aspect of image and video processing, at both algorithmic and systematic levels.
The topic of the book is processing images and videos in a multimedia environment. It covers the following subjects arranged in two parts: (1) standards and fundamentals: standards, multimedia architecture for image processing, multimedia-related image processing techniques, and intelligent multimedia processing; (2) methodologies, techniques, and applications: image and video coding, image and video storage and retrieval, digital video transmission, video conferencing, watermarking, distance education, video on demand, and telemedicine.
The book begins with the existing standards for multimedia, discussing their impacts to multimedia image and video processing, and pointing out possible directions for newstandards.
It is generally assumed that the reader has prior exposure to the fundamentals of image and video processing. The chapters have been written with an emphasis on a tutorial presentation so that the reader interested in pursuing a particular topic further will be able to obtain a solid introduction to the topic through the appropriate chapter in this book. While the topics covered are related, each chapter can be read and used independently of the others.
This book is primarily a result of the collective efforts of the chapter authors. We are very grateful for their enthusiastic support, timely response, and willingness to incorporate suggestions from us, from other contributing authors, and from a number of our colleagues who served as reviewers. |