The Problem of Sparse Image Coding

Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision
vol. 17 (2), pp. 87-106

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Author: Arthur E.C. Pece
E-mail: aecp@diku.dk

Abstract

Linear expansions of images find many applications in image processing and computer vision. Overcomplete expansions are often desirable, as they are better models of the image-generation process. Such expansions lead to the use of sparse codes. However, minimizing the number of non-zero coefficients of linear expansions is an unsolved problem. In this article, a generative-model framework is used to analyze the requirements, the difficulty, and current approaches to sparse image coding.


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