Significant advances in image/video coding promise wide range applications of multimedia applications and systems. The research on how to improve the coding eff

Information has become one of the most valuable assets in the modern era. Within the last 5-10 years, the demand for multimedia applications has increased enorm

The emerging Scalable Video Coding (SVC) extends the H.264/AVC video coding standard with new tools designed to efficiently support temporal, spatial and SNR sc