JPEG 2000 and its use of wavelets to perform image compression are discussed. Data from our partial C++ implementation of the JPEG 2000 standard is provided, as well as relevant source code. An in-depth comparison is made showing the advantages of JPEG 2000 over commonly used image formats.

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Creator

• Perko, Craig Scott
• Holmes, Nicholas Lloyd
• Tessier, Paul Armand
• Magnan, Jonathan Normand

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 02C015M

Advisor

• Wong, Joseph J.

Year

• 2002

Date created

• 2002-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Computer Science

Rights statement

• In Copyright

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• All rights reserved