Lifting Scheme Based SPIHT Still Image Coding

In order to eliminate float-point operations for fast wavelet transform, an integer D9/7 biorthogonal reversible wavelet transform was accomplished by lifting scheme. The lifting scheme based wavelet transform can be finished by addition and shift simply. It improved the quality of reconstructive image and greatly reduced the computational complexity due to integer operation. It is suitable for real-time image coding on hardware such as DSP. The simulation results show that the lifting scheme based SPIHT is prior to traditional wavelet based SPHIT in quality and complexity.