Parallel coding of binary images (Q1115586)

Due to the large amount of data to be manipulated in image processing, efficient coding methods for data compression are necessary both for the execution of algorithms, and for transmission and storage of pictorial data. While for sequential computers many coding methods have been developed, they have been less investigated so far for parallel computers. In the present work parallel coding algorithms, mainly based upon heuristics, are developed. Great importance is attributed to data compression of binary images for filing or transmission on the one hand, and to description of the underlying stochastic scenes (from material science, biology...), in terms of a classification by size and shape of the components of the image on the other hand.