Abstract:Among the wavelet image coding algorithms, SPIHT is the most well-known coding algorithm because of its outstanding preformance. But it needs too many memories for hardware implementation. LZC reduces the requirement of memory as well as its preformance. In this paper, SPIHT algorithm is modified by using the idea of LZC to reduce the momery and preserve its high performance. Also an approximated algorithm is proposed to accelerate the algorithm with insignificant loss.