The present invention is a method and system for encoding {HEAD ~ a region} of an image, where the region has {TAIL ~ a plurality} of corresponding image values 
The present invention is a method and system for encoding { HEAD ~ a region } of an image , where the region has { TAIL ~ a plurality } of corresponding image values
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