Title :
Hierarchical subsampling giving fractal regions
Author :
Lundmark, Astrid ; Wadströmer, Niclas ; Li, Haibo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Linkoping Univ., Sweden
fDate :
1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Recursive image subsampling which yields support areas approaching fractals is described and analyzed using iterated function systems. The subsampling scheme is suitable in, e.g., hierarchical image processing and image coding schemes. For hexagonally sampled images a hierarchical subsampling structure is given which yields hexagon-like regions with fractal borders
Keywords :
fractals; image sampling; iterative methods; fractal regions; hexagonally sampled images; hierarchical image processing; hierarchical subsampling structure; image coding; iterated function systems; recursive image subsampling; Fractals; Image analysis; Image coding; Image processing; Image resolution; Image sampling; Motion estimation; Robustness; Spatial resolution; Two dimensional displays;
Journal_Title :
Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on