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