Karhunen-Loeve Image Compression

hi all,

I have for a student project to develop a software compressing images
by the Karhunen-Loeve Transform (KLT) method. I've read 3 days and did
not found anything useful in Google. :(( if anybody of you can send me
something similar that he has developed or give me link with a good
example i will be really grateful. 

thanks,

>hi all,
>
>I have for a student project to develop a software compressing images
>by the Karhunen-Loeve Transform (KLT) method. I've read 3 days and did
>not found anything useful in Google. :(( if anybody of you can send me
>something similar that he has developed or give me link with a good
>example i will be really grateful. 
>
>thanks,
>
>

The K-L transform is also known as Principal component analysis or
hotelling transform. This should work.
http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/cosc453/student_tutorials/principal_components.pdf

Thanks a bunch..

 It was really helpful example.

Cheers. (:-)