An image browsing application based on JPEG XR

A method for browsing large compressed images over the Internet is presented. Images are compressed using a very recent coded file format, referred to as JPEG XR, designed primarily for storage of continuous-tone photographic images and currently at the beginning of the ISO/IEC standardization process. In the proposed method, region of interest specified by the user are progressively downloaded and displayed with an approach aiming to minimize the transferred information between the request and the image presentation. Experimental analysis show that the proposed method is an effective way for browsing large JPEG XR coded images.