os ‘hip 7» Ont compression 7.5.4 Lossless Mode “The lossless mode shown in Figure 7-17 uses single pixels as data units during image preparation, Between 2 and 16 bits can be used per pixel. Although all pixels of an image must use the same precision, one can also conceive of adaptive pixel precision, Deinaad Image Data nse Ds es Figure 7-17 Lossless mode, based on prediction. In this mode, image processing and quantization use a predictive technique instead of transformation coding. For each pixel X as shown in Figure 7-18, one of nt possible predictors is selected. The selection eritetion isthe best possible pr tion of the value of X from the already known adjacent samples A, B, and C. Table 7-3 lists the specified predictors, Figure 7-18 Basis of prediction in lossless mode. ‘The number of the chosen predictor, as well a the difference between the predic tion and the actual value, are passed to the subsequent entropy eneoding, which can use cithor Huffman or arithmetic coding. ‘In summary, this mode supports two types of processing, each with between 2 and 16 bits per pixel, Each variant can use ither Hulman coding or arithmetic eosin