A Survey on Embedded Zero Tree Wavelet

International Journal of Computer Science (IJCS) Published by SK Research Group of Companies (SKRGC)

Abstract

An image compression method shows dynamic part in multimedia and satellite applications. Wavelet transforms need conventional significant care newly due to their suitability for a number of signal and image compression applications and they have established their viability for the same. This is mainly due to the lapped nature of this transform and the computational simplicity, which comes in the form of filter bank implementations. In this paper, we discuss zero tree, embedded Zero Tree and Zero Tree Wavelet Coders such as Embedded Zero tree Wavelet (EZW) coder, EZW algorithm.

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Keywords

Zero Tree, Embedded Zero Tree Wavelet (EZW), EZW Coder, EZW algorithm.