This fifth volume, edited and authored by world leading experts, gives a review of the principles, methods and techniques of important and emerging research topics and technologies in image and video compression and multimedia. With this reference source you will: * Quickly grasp a new area of research * Understand the underlying principles of a topic and its application * Ascertain how a topic relates to other areas and learn of the research issues yet to be resolved * Quick tutorial reviews of important and emerging topics of research in Image and Video Compression and Multimedia * Comprehensive references to journal articles and other literature on which to build further, more specific and detailed knowledge * Edited by leading people in the field who, through their reputation, have been able to commission experts to write on a particular topic