The invention relates generally to the field of digital image processing, and in particular to a
technique for embedding digital data in an original image in Such a manner that the …

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Appl. No.: 10/379.944 A tool for protecting a cardiac stimulating lead from damage (22)
Filed: Mar. 6, 2003 upon passing through a hemostasis valve of a vascular introducer in the …

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Predictive lossless coding provides effective lossless image compression of both
photographic and graphics content in image and video media. Predictive lossless coding …

The present technique addressably handles image data, Which is decomposed and
tessellated into a plurality of tessellated sub-band blocks. The tessellated sub-band blocks …

(57) ABSTRACT A method is disclosed for recovering image memory capacity, in relation to
an image Which has been encoded using a linear transform according to a layer …

A bitstream includes coded pictures, and split-flags for generating a transform tree. The bit
stream is a partitioning of coding units (CUs) into Prediction Units (PUs). The transform tree …

In Summary, the present invention is a multiresolution image processing System. Images are
initially Stored in files that contain thumbnail data, as well as a full image data Structure. The …

A method of processing an input image for storage includes decomposing the input image
into a number of images at various resolutions, subdividing at least some of these images …