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/34 Outline Research Objectives Research Objectives Introduction Discrete Wavelet Transforms (DWT) have become powerful tools in a wide range of applications including Image/Video Compression (JPEG2000, MPEG-4) Aerospace applications (Data denoising, Satellite/Astronomical image compression, analysis) Image/Video Enhancement, Segmentation Telecommunication The advantage of DWT over existing transforms such as Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) is that the DWT performs a multiresolution analysis of a signal with localization in both time and frequency Introduction The wavelet transform has many limitations when it comes to representing straight lines and edges in images To overcome the weakness of wavelets in higher dimensions, Candes recently proposed the Ridgelet transform which deals effectively with line singularities in 2-D However, the complexity of its implementation still remains as a heavy burden on standard microprocessors where large amounts of data have to be processed Therefore, VLSI/FPGA implementations of the Ridgelet Transforms are needed for real-time applications. The Finite Ridgelet Transform The Finite Ridgelet Transform The Finite Ridgelet Transform The Finite Ridgelet Transform The Finite Radon Transform The Finite Radon Transform Discrete Wavelet Transform The work by Daubechies and Mallat led to the discrete filter based interpretation of wavelets Wavelets can be implemented as a set of filter banks comprising a high-pass and a low-pass filter, each followed by down-sampling by two Discrete Wavelet Transform Though the simplest wavelet, the HAAR DWT gives the best performance in terms of entropy reduction Integer to Integer Lifting version of the HAAR DWT is used to ensure that it is fully invertible In place transform is performed to reduce the number and size of on-chip buffers FRIT Architecture FRIT Architecture FRIT Architecture FRIT Architecture FPGA Implementations an