In this paper we present an implementation of the image compression routine SPIHT in reconfigurable logic. A discussion on why adaptive logic is required, as opposed to an ASIC, is provided along with background material on the image compression algorithm. We analyzed several Discrete Wavelet Transform architectures and selected the folded DWT design. In addition we provide a study on what stor...

Hyperspectral images are generated by collecting hundreds of narrow and contiguously spaced spectral bands of data producing a highly correlated long sequence of images. In this study, we investigate and compare the performance of several three-dimensional embedded wavelet algorithms for compression of hyperspectral images. They are 3D-SPIHT, AT3DSPIHT, 3D-SPECK (Three-Dimensional Set Partition...

Set partitioning in heirarichal trees (SPIHT) is a widely used compression algorithm for wavelet transformed images. Of most algorithms developed, SPIHT algorithm ever since its introduction in 1996 for image compression has received a lot of attention. Though SPIHT is much simpler and efficient than many existing compression techniques as it’s a fully embedded codec , provides good image quali...

A bit-plane parallel architecture for a modified set partitioning in hierarchical trees (SPIHT) without lists algorithm, which uses breadth first search scheme, is proposed. The breadth first search scheme is suitable for very large scale integration (VLSI) implementation based on the analysis of SPIHT algorithm. The architecture has advantages of high parallelism, no intermediate buffer as a s...

An efficient hybrid distributed video coding (HDVC) scheme combining residual coding, SW-SPIHT coding and intra-mode decision technology is proposed to offer good rate-distortion performance and low-complexity encoding. The scheme adopts the waveletdomain Wyner-Ziv codec to compress the residual frame between the current frame and its reference frame. An intra-mode decision based on the tempora...

Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT) is a highly efficient technique for compressing Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) decomposed images. Though its compression efficiency is a little less famous than Embedded Block Coding with Optimized Truncation (EBCOT) adopted by JPEG2000, SPIHT has a straight forward coding procedure and requires no tables. These make SPIHT a more appropriate algo...

This paper presents an audio coder based on the combination of the Modulated Lapped Transform (MLT) with the Set Partitioning In Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT) algorithm. SPIHT allows scalable coding by transmitting more important information first in an efficient manner. The results presented reveal that the Modulated Lapped Transform (MLT) based scheme produces a high compression ratio for little...

Due to the large requirement for memory and the high complexity of computation, JPEG2000 cannot be used in many conditions especially in the memory constraint equipment. The line-based W avelet transform was proposed and accepted because lower memory is required without affecting the result of W avelet transform, In this paper, the improved lifting schem e is introduced to perform W avelet tran...