Selected Publications

Silicon Imaging MegaSAVE ™

Wavelet Image & Video Compression with

Scalable
    Acquisition &
       Video
         Encoding

using patented SPIHT Wavelet algorithms!

Publications

Lossless and Lossy Image Compression
Video Compression
Audio and Biological Signal Compression
Medical Image Processing
Information Theory, Quantization and Rate-Distortion Theory
Filter and Filter Bank Design, Image Processing

Lossless and Lossy Image Compression

U. Bayazit and W. A. Pearlman, "Algorithmic Modifications to SPIHT," IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP 2001), Thessaloniki, Greece., Oct. 2001. PDF
W. A. Pearlman, "Trends of Tree-Based, Set Partitioning Compression Techniques in Still and Moving Image Systems," Proceedings Picture Coding Symposium 2001 (PCS-2001), Seoul, Korea, 25-27 April, 2001, pp. 1-8. (Invited, keynote paper) PDF
Y-S. Kim and W. A. Pearlman, "Stripe-Based SPIHT Lossy Compression of Volumetric Medical Images for Low Memory Usage and Uniform Reconstruction Quality," IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP 2000), Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sept. 2000. Compressed PS
F. W. Wheeler and W. A. Pearlman, "Combined Spatial and Subband Block Coding of Images," IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP2001), Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sept., 2000. PDF
F. W. Wheeler and W. A. Pearlman, "SPIHT Image Compression without Lists," IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2000), Istanbul, Turkey, June 5-9, 2000. PDF
C. Chrysafis, A. Said, A. Drukarev, A. Islam, and W. A. Pearlman, "SBHP- A Low Complexity Wavelet Coder," IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2000), Istanbul, Turkey, June 5-9, 2000. PDF RTF
A. Sariel, P. Das, and W. A. Pearlman, "Implementation of Wavelet Transform Image Compression Algorithms Using Associative Computing Based DSP Chips," SPIE Conference on Wavelet Applications VI, Proc. SPIE Vol. 3723, pp. 224-238, April 1999. Compressed PS
Y. S. Kim and W. A. Pearlman, "Lossless Volumetric Image Compression," in Applications of Digital Image Processing XXII, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3808, pp. 305-312, 1999 . Compressed PS
F. W. Wheeler and W. A. Pearlman, "Low-Memory Packetized SPIHT Image Compression," Thirty-Third Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Oct. 24-27, 1999 , INVITED PAPER. PDF

X. Zou and W. A. Pearlman, "Lapped Orthogonal Transform Coding by Amplitude and Group Partitioning," in Applications of Digital Image Processing XXII, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3808, pp. 293-304, 1999. PDF
A. Islam and W. A. Pearlman, "An Embedded and Efficient Low-Complexity Hierarchical Image Coder," Visual Communications and Image Processing '99, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3653, pp. 294-305, Jan. 1999. PDF
W. A. Pearlman and A. Said, "A Survey of the State of the Art and Utilization of Embedded, Tree-Based Coding," Proc. 1998 IEEE Int. Symp. On Circuits and Systems, Monterey, CA, May 31-June 3, 1998 (invited paper). Compressed PS
W.A. Pearlman, "High Performance, Low Complexity Image Compression," (Keynote Address), Applications of Digital Image Processing XX, SPIE Int. Symposium on Opt. Sci., Engrg. and Instrumentation, Proc. SPIE 3164, pp. 234-246, August 1997. Compressed PS
A. Said and W.A. Pearlman, "Low-Complexity Waveform Coding via Alphabet and Sample-Set Partitioning," in Visual Communications and Image Processing '97, Proc. SPIE Vol. 3024, pp. 25-37, February 1997. Compressed PS
A. Said and W.A. Pearlman, "An Image Multiresolution Representaion for Lossless and Lossy Compression, "IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, vol. 5, pp. 1303--1310, Sept. 1996. Compressed PS Compressed PS (page 17)
R. Sriram, J.M. Francos, and W.A. Pearlman, "Texture Coding Using a Wold Decomposition Model," IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 5, pp. 1382--1386, Sept. 1996. Compressed PS
A. Said and W.A. Pearlman, "A New Fast and Efficient Image Codec Based on Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees, "IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 6., pp. 243--250, June 1996. PDF PDF (page 16)
L. Lu and W.A. Pearlman, "Algorithms for Intervector Dependency Utilization in Variable Rate Tree-Structured Vector Quantization," Visual Communications and Image Processing '96, Proc. SPIE 2727, pp. 251-262, Mar. 1996. Compressed PS
U. Bayazit and W.A. Pearlman, "Image Subband Coding Using an Information-Theoretic Subband Splitting Criterion," in Still-Image Compression, IS&T/SPIE's Symp. on Electronic Imaging, Proc. SPIE 2418, pp. 199-210, Feb. 1995. Compressed PS

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Video Compression

S. Cho and W. A. Pearlman,"Embedded video compression with error resilience and error concealment," Visual Communications and Image Processing 2002, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4671, pp. 19-27, Jan. 21-23, 2002. PDF
Z. Lu and W. A. Pearlman, "Motion Compensated Two-link Chain Coding for Binary Shape Sequence," Visual Communications and Image Processing 2002, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4671, pp. 356-362, Jan. 21-23, 2002. PDF
S. Cho and W. A. Pearlman, "A Full-Featured, Error Resilient, Scalable Wavelet Video Codec Based on the Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT) Algorithm," IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 12, pp. 151-170, Mar. 2002. PDF
S. Cho and W. A. Pearlman, "Error Resilience and Recovery in Streaming of Embedded Video," Signal Processing, Special Issue on Image and Video Coding Beyond Standards, July 2002 (invited paper, to appear). PDF
S. Cho and W. A. Pearlman, "Unequal Error Protection of Embedded Video Bitstreams," Applications of Digital Image Processing XXIV, SPIE Annual Meeting, Proceedings SPIE 4472, July 29-Aug. 3, 2001. PDF
Z. Lu and W. A. Pearlman, "Wavelet Video Coding of Video Object by Object-Based SPECK Algorithm," Picture Coding Symposium (PCS-2001), Seoul, Korea, 25-27 April, 2001, pp. 413-416. PDF
S. Cho and W. A. Pearlman, "Region-Based SPIHT Coding and Multiresolution Decoding," Picture Coding Symposium (PCS-2001) , Seoul, Korea, 25-27 April, 2001, pp. 283-286. PDF
B-J. Kim, Z. Xiong, and W. A. Pearlman, "Low Bit-Rate Scalable Video Coding with 3D Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees (3D SPIHT)," IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 10, pp. 1374-1387, Dec. 2000. Compressed PS
Z. Lu and W. A. Pearlman, "Semi-Automatic Semantic Object Extraction for Video Coding," IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP 2000), Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sept. 2000. Compressed PS
S. Cho and W. A. Pearlman, "Error Resilient Compression and Transmission of Scalable Video," Applications of Digital Image Processing XXIII, Proceedings SPIE 4115, 2000. PDF
Z. Lu and W. A. Pearlman, "Semi-Automatic Semantic Video Object Extraction," International Conference and Multimedia Expo 2000, New York, NY, July 2000. PDF
Z. Xiong, B-J. Kim, and W. A. Pearlman, "Multiresolutional Encoding/Decoding in Embedded Image and Video Coders," submitted to IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 1999. Compressed PS
B-J. Kim, Z. Xiong, W. A. Pearlman, and Y . S. Kim, "Progressive Video Coding for Noisy Channels," J. Visual Communication and Image Representation, Vol. 10, pp. 173-185, 1999. Compressed PS Compressed PS (k version)
Z. Xiong, B-J. Kim, and W, A. Pearlman, "Progressive Video Coding for Noisy Channels," IEEE Int. Conf. On Image Processing (ICIP'98), Paper No. MA09_05, Chicago, IL, Oct. 1998.
B-J. Kim and W. A. Pearlman, "Fast Color-Embedded Video Coding with SPIHT," abstract in Proc. 1998 Data Compression Conference, Mar. 1998. PDF
U. Bayazit and W.A. Pearlman, "A Rate-Constrained Block Matching Algorithm for Video Coding," Journal of Electronic Imaging, VCIP'97 Prize Paper Section, , Vol. 7, pp. 145-154, January 1998. Compressed PS
B-J. Kim and W.A. Pearlman, "Low-Delay Embedded Video Coding with SPIHT", Proc. SPIE 3309, Visual Communications and Image Processing'98, pp. 955-964, Jan. 1998. Compressed PS
B-J. Kim and W.A. Pearlman, "An Embedded Wavelet Video Coder Using Three-Dimensional Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees," IEEE Data Compression Conference, pp. 251-260, March 1997. Compressed PS
Y. Chen and W.A. Pearlman, "Three-Dimensional Subband Coding of Video Using the Zerotree Method", Visual Communications and Image Processing '96, Proc. SPIE 2727, pp. 1302-1312, Mar. 1996. Compressed PS

Audio and Biological Signal Compression <top>

Z. Lu, D. Y. Kim, and W. A. Pearlman, "Wavelet Compression of ECG Signals by the Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT) Algorithm," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 47, pp. 849-856, July 2000. Compressed PS
Z. Lu and W. A. Pearlman, "High Quality Scalable Stereo Audio Coding," 1999. Compressed PS
Z. Lu and W. A. Pearlman, "An Efficient, Low-Complexity Audio Coder Delivering Multiple Levels of Quality for Interactive Applications," Proc. IEEE Signal Processing Society 1998 Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, pp. 529-534, Dec. 1998. Compressed PS

Medical Image Processing <top>

M. Penedo, W. A. Pearlman, P. G. Tahoces, M. Souto, and J. J. Vidal, "Region-Based Wavelet Coding Methods for Digital Mammography," submitted to IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, Special Issue on Wavelets in Medical Imaging. PDF
Y. S. Kim and W. A. Pearlman, "Stripe-Based SPIHT Lossy Compression of Volumetric Medical Images for Low Memory Usage and Uniform Reconstruction Quality," IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2000), Istanbul, Turkey, June 5-9, 2000. Compressed PS
Z. Xiong, X. Wu, D. Y. Yun, and W. A. Pearlman, "Progressive Coding of Medical Volumetric Data Using Three-dimensional Integer Wavelet Packet Transform," Proc. IEEE Signal Processing Society 1998 Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, pp. 553-558, Dec. 1998.

Information Theory, Quantization and Rate-Distortion Theory <top>

L. Lu and W. A. Pearlman, "Conditional Entropy-Constrained Tree-Structured Vector Quantization with Applications to Sources with Memory," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (in review). Compressed PS Compressed PS
U. Bayazit and W.A. Pearlman, "Variable-Length Constrained-Storage Tree-Structured Vector Quantization," IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, vol. 8, pp. 321-331, March 1999. Compressed PS
S. Rao and W. A. Pearlman, "Analysis of Linear Prediction, Coding and Spectral Estimation from Subbands," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 42, pp.1160--1178, July 1996. Compressed PS
A. Divakaran and W. A. Pearlman, "Information-Theoretic Performance of Quadrature Mirror Filters," IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, vol. 41, pp. 2094-2100, Nov. 1995. Compressed PS
D.P. deGarrido and W.A. Pearlman, "Conditional Entropy-Constrained Vector Quantization: High-Rate Theory and DesignAlgorithms," IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, vol. 41, pp. 901-916, July 1995. Compressed PS
M. Balakrishnan, W.A. Pearlman, and L. Lu "Variable-Rate Tree-Structured Vector Quantizers," IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, vol. 41, pp. 917-930, July 1995.
D.P. deGarrido, W.A. Pearlman, and W.A. Finamore, " A Clustering Algorithm for Entropy-Constrained Quantizer Design with Applications in Coding Image Pyramids," IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Sytems for Video Technology, vol. 5, pp. 83-85, April 1995. Compressed PS

Filter and Filter Bank Design, Image Processing <top>

N. Polyak and W. A. Pearlman, "A New Flexible Biorthogonal Filter Design for Multiresolution Filterbanks with Application to Image Compression," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, August 2000 (to appear). PS
J-M. Park, W-J. Song, and W. A. Pearlman, "Speckle Filtering of SAR Images Based on Adaptive Windowing," IEE Proceedings - Vision, Image and Signal Processing, Vol. 146, pp. 191-197, Aug. 1999.
N. Polyak and W.A. Pearlman, "Filters and Filter Banks for Periodic Signals, the Zak Transform, and Fast Wavelet Decomposition," IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, Special Issue on Theory and Application of Filter Banks and Wavelet Transforms, Vol. 46, pp. 857-873, April 1998. Compressed PS
N. Polyak and W. A. Pearlman, "New Wavelet Decomposition Combined with Lifting and Prediction, " Proc. 1998 IEEE Int. Conf. On Image Processing (ICIP'98), Paper No. WP09_03, Chicago, IL, Oct. 1998.
N. Polyak and W.A. Pearlman, "Wavelet Decomposition and Reconstruction Using Arbitrary Kernels," Proc. 1997 IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP'97), Vol. I, pp. 660-662, October 1997. Compressed PS
A. Divakaran and W.A. Pearlman, "A Closed Form Expression for an Efficient Class of Quadrature Mirror Filters and Its FIR Approximation," IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 43, pp. 207 -219, March 1996. Compressed PS

Presentations

"The Art and Practice of Modern Image Compression", Keynote Address, Visual Communications and Image Processing 2001, SPIE/IS&T Photonics West - Electronic Imaging, San Jose, CA, Jan. 26, 2001.

Picture Coding Seminar at University of Hannover, Summer 2001.

"Error Resilient Compression and Transmission of Scalable Video", presented at Free University of Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium on June 29, 2001.