Tree-Structured Vector Quantization For Efficient And Progressive Image Compression

Tree-VQ introduces a progressive tree‑structured vector quantization framework for learned image compression, organizing discrete codewords in a hierarchical binary tree where each latent token is represented by a routed root‑to‑leaf path. Every prefix of this path yields a valid quantized representation, enabling coarse reconstructions from shallow nodes and successive refinements from deeper nodes. The method incorporates a prefix‑compatible tree entropy model, rate‑aware refinement scheduling, and hierarchical prefix supervision to achieve efficient, low‑latency compression with superior perceptual quality and fewer parameters compared to existing approaches.

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