Adaptive discrete cosine transform image coding using gain/Shape vector quantizers

An efficient discrete cosine transform image coding system using the gain/shape vector quantizers (DCT-G/S VQ) is presented. In the coding system, AC transform coefficients in a subblock are partitoned into several bands according to the Schaming's method, and the normalized AC transform coefficients of each band are quantized with the gain/shape vector quantizer designed on a spherically symmetric probability model. In addition, an adaptive DCT-G/S VQ (A-DCT-G/S VQ) is presented by incorporating a modification of the recursive quantization technique in the DCT-G/S VQ. The coding systems are simulated on color images, and their performance is compared to that of previously reported discrete cosine transform coding systems using the Max-type scalor quantizers.