Spanish computer scientists and physicist consider two different situations in predicting visual target distinctness by means of a computer vision model. First, they assume that the structure of the target-and-background scene and the image without a target can be determined exactly, so that the mai

The authors present a sound, practical approach to information prioritization in progressive image transmission. The method, suitable for a variety of imaging applications from consumer products to the defense, publishing, science, and law enforcement industries, first states some general principles that the solution must obey and then derives the solution that satisfies exactly those principles. The text is intended for graduate students as well as engineers and research scientists in the field of image coding.