VISUAL INFORMATION REPRESENTATION, COMMUNICATION, AND IMAGE PROCESSING

"From the Foreword. . . This book is a collection of topics dealing with new concepts, techniques, applications, and standards relating the area of visual presentation and communications. The editors. . .have invited a host of world authorities to address several special topics of great importance. I. . .honestly believe that this book, the first of its kind, will have a profound impact on the future development in this area." ---Ming-Lei Liou, Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Director, Hong Kong Telecom Institute of Information Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology "This book is intended to educate and intrigue those who are in a position not only to learn the basics of video communication and image processing but also to enhance the quality of future generations of video communication and image processing systems. The comprehensive coverage of a wide variety of topics makes this book useful to various professionals." ---Optik, 2000