Substantially updated edition of "Video Coding: An Introduction to Standard Codecs' (IEE/1999) This book discusses the development of digital television technology and the revolution in image and video compression (such as JPEG2000, broadcast TV, video phone), highlights the need for standardization in processing static images and move and exchange them between computer systems. This book will enable readers to appreciate the fundamentals needed to design a video codec for a particular application and should prove to be a valuable resource for engineers working in this field. Also available: Digital Signal Filtering, Analysis and Restoration - ISBN 9780852967607 Data Communications and Networking, 3rd Edition - ISBN 9780852968048 Institution of Engineering and Technology is one of the world's leading professional society for engineering and technology community.