scholarly journals A Comparative Study and Analysis of EZW and SPIHT methods for Wavelet based Image Compression

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-673
Author(s):  
CHETAN R. DUDHAGARA ◽  
MAYUR M. PATEL

In recent years there has been widely increase the use of digital media everywhere. To increase the use of digital media, there is a huge problem of storage, manipulation and transmission of data over the internet. These digital media such as image, audio and video require large memory space. So it is necessary to compress the digital data to require less memory space and less bandwidth to transmission of data over network. Image compressions techniques are used to compress the data for reduce the storage requirement. It plays an important role for transfer of data such as image over the network. Two methods are used in this paper on Barbara image. This compression study is performed by using Set Partitioning In Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT) and Embedded Zero tree Wavelet (EZW) compression techniques. There are many parameters are used to compare this techniques. Mean Square Error (MSE), Pick Signal to Noise Ration (PSNR) and Compression Ratio (CR) are used at different level of decompositions.

Author(s):  
A. Suruliandi ◽  
S. P. Raja

This paper discusses about embedded zerotree wavelet (EZW) and other wavelet-based encoding techniques employed in lossy image compression. The objective of this paper is two fold. Primarily wavelet-based encoding techniques such as EZW, set partitioning in hierarchical trees (SPIHT), wavelet difference reduction (WDR), adaptively scanned wavelet difference reduction (ASWDR), set partitioned embedded block (SPECK), compression with reversible embedded wavelet (CREW) and space frequency quantization (SFQ) are implemented and their performance is analyzed. Second, wavelet-based compression schemes such as Haar, Daubechies and Biorthogonal are used to evaluate the performance of encoding techniques. The performance parameters such as peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and mean square error (MSE) are used for evaluation purpose. From the results it is observed that the performance of SPIHT encoding technique is providing better results when compared to other encoding schemes.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Omid Ghahabi ◽  
Mohammad Hassan Savoji

A fast, efficient, and scalable algorithm is proposed, in this paper, for re-encoding of perceptually quantized wavelet-packet transform (WPT) coefficients of audio and high quality speech and is called “adaptive variable degree- zero-trees” (AVDZ). The quantization process is carried out by taking into account some basic perceptual considerations and achieves good subjective quality with low complexity. The performance of the proposed AVDZ algorithm is compared with two other zero-tree-based schemes comprising (1) embedded zero-tree wavelet (EZW) and (2) the set partitioning in hierarchical trees (SPIHT). Since EZW and SPIHT are designed for image compression, some modifications are incorporated in these schemes for their better matching to audio signals. It is shown that the proposed modifications can improve their performance by about 15–25%. Furthermore, it is concluded that the proposed AVDZ algorithm outperforms these modified versions in terms of both output average bit-rates and computation times.


In today’s world, confidential information is growing due to various areas of works. Internet is the main area of transmission of digital data, so security must be more considered. Two common ways of providing security is cryptography and steganography. Employing a hybrid of cryptography and steganography enhances the security of data. This paper employs LSB (Least significant Bit) as the steganography algorithm and AES, RSA, DES, 3DES, and Blowfish algorithms as cryptographic algorithms to encrypt a message that should be hidden in a cover image. The results are represented in the form of execution time, PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise Ratio), MSE (Mean Square Error) and the histogram of main and covered image. The experimental results reveal that all the algorithms achieve appropriate quality of stego image. They can be used as cryptographic algorithms to encrypt a message before applying steganography algorithms.


Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 717
Author(s):  
Mariia Nazarkevych ◽  
Natalia Kryvinska ◽  
Yaroslav Voznyi

This article presents a new method of image filtering based on a new kind of image processing transformation, particularly the wavelet-Ateb–Gabor transformation, that is a wider basis for Gabor functions. Ateb functions are symmetric functions. The developed type of filtering makes it possible to perform image transformation and to obtain better biometric image recognition results than traditional filters allow. These results are possible due to the construction of various forms and sizes of the curves of the developed functions. Further, the wavelet transformation of Gabor filtering is investigated, and the time spent by the system on the operation is substantiated. The filtration is based on the images taken from NIST Special Database 302, that is publicly available. The reliability of the proposed method of wavelet-Ateb–Gabor filtering is proved by calculating and comparing the values of peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and mean square error (MSE) between two biometric images, one of which is filtered by the developed filtration method, and the other by the Gabor filter. The time characteristics of this filtering process are studied as well.


Author(s):  
Сергей Клавдиевич Абрамов ◽  
Виктория Валерьевна Абрамова ◽  
Сергей Станиславович Кривенко ◽  
Владимир Васильевич Лукин

The article deals with the analysis of the efficiency and expedience of applying filtering based on the discrete cosine transform (DCT) for one-dimensional signals distorted by white Gaussian noise with a known or a priori estimated variance. It is shown that efficiency varies in wide limits depending upon the input ratio of signal-to-noise and degree of processed signal complexity. It is offered a method for predicting filtering efficiency according to the traditional quantitative criteria as the ratio of mean square error to the variance of additive noise and improvement of the signal-to-noise ratio. Forecasting is performed based on dependences obtained by regression analysis. These dependencies can be described by simple functions of several types parameters of which are determined as the result of least mean square fitting. It is shown that for sufficiently accurate prediction, only one statistical parameter calculated in the DCT domain can be preliminarily evaluated (before filtering), and this parameter can be calculated in a relatively small number of non-overlapping or partially overlapping blocks of standard size (for example, 32 samples). It is analyzed the variations of efficiency criteria variations for a set of realizations; it is studied factors that influence prediction accuracy. It is demonstrated that it is possible to carry out the forecasting of filtering efficiency for several possible values of the DCT-filter parameter used for threshold setting and, then, to recommend the best value for practical use. An example of using such an adaptation procedure for the filter parameter setting for processing the ECG signal that has not been used in the determination of regression dependences is given. As a result of adaptation, the efficiency of filtering can be essentially increased – benefit can reach 0.5-1 dB. An advantage of the proposed procedures of adaptation and prediction is their universality – they can be applied for different types of signals and different ratios of signal-to-noise.


Author(s):  
Hussein Abdulameer Abdulkadhim ◽  
Jinan Nsaif Shehab

Although variety in hiding methods used to protect data and information transmitted via channels but still need more robustness and difficulty to improve protection level of the secret messages from hacking or attacking. Moreover, hiding several medias in one media to reduce the transmission time and band of channel is the important task and define as a gain channel. This calls to find other ways to be more complexity in detecting the secret message. Therefore, this paper proposes cryptography/steganography method to hide an audio/voice message (secret message) in two different cover medias: audio and video. This method is use least significant bits (LSB) algorithm combined with 4D grid multi-wing hyper-chaotic (GMWH) system. Shuffling of an audio using key generated by GMWH system and then hiding message using LSB algorithm will provide more difficulty of extracting the original audio by hackers or attackers. According to analyses of obtained results in the receiver using peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR)/mean square error (MSE) and sensitivity of encryption key, the proposed method has more security level and robustness. Finally, this work will provide extra security to the mixture base of crypto-steganographic methods.


Artefacts removing (de-noising) from EEG signals has been an important aspect for medical practitioners for diagnosis of health issues related to brain. Several methods have been used in last few decades. Wavelet and total variation based de-noising have attracted the attention of engineers and scientists due to their de-noising efficiency. In this article, EEG signals have been de-noised using total variation based method and results obtained have been compared with the results obtained from the celebrated wavelet based methods . The performance of methods is measured using two parameters: signal-to-noise ratio and root mean square error. It has been observed that total variation based de-noising methods produce better results than the wavelet based methods.


Wavelet based image compression standards not only inspired signal and image processing community but also the research community of many research and application fields towards the wavelet theory. All wavelet based schemes follow the standard sequence of steps. They are transformation and the processing task at one end followed by the inverse of processing task and inverse transform at another end. Wavelet based compression was done in a quite different manner from its inception. The early techniques include Embedded Zerotree Wavelet (EZW) coding and Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT) coding. Although, SPIHT is an extension of EZW, both follow more or less similar process in coding and decoding. These schemes code the significant and insignificant coefficients using symbols or maintaining a list of indices of the coefficients. The decision on significant or insignificant will be taken by comparing with a threshold which will be updated in each iteration. In both the schemes, if a coefficient is identified as an insignificant one, then the bits incurred in conveying this coefficient is less and in many cases very less. One can imagine that if a coefficient is made to be an insignificant then the number of bits required will be less. This issue was taken up in this paper and bits of selected regions is chosen and a significant improvement is compression ratio is observed at a little cost of quality.


This paper aims in presenting a thorough comparison of performance and usefulness of multi-resolution based de-noising technique. Multi-resolution based image denoising techniques overcome the limitation of Fourier, spatial, as well as, purely frequency based techniques, as it provides the information of 2-Dimensional (2-D) signal at different levels and scales, which is desirable for image de-noising. The multiresolution based de-noising techniques, namely, Contourlet Transform (CT), Non Sub-sampled Contourlet Transform (NSCT), Stationary Wavelet Transform (SWT) and Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT), have been selected for the de-noising of camera images. Further, the performance of different denosing techniques have been compared in terms of different noise variances, thresholding techniques and by using well defined metrics, such as Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE). Analysis of result shows that shift-invariant NSCT technique outperforms the CT, SWT and DWT based de-noising techniques in terms of qualititaive and quantitative objective evaluation


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