<s>
An	O
epitome	B-Algorithm
,	O
in	O
data	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
,	O
is	O
a	O
condensed	O
digital	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
essential	O
statistical	O
properties	O
of	O
ordered	O
datasets	B-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
matrices	B-Architecture
that	O
represent	O
images	O
,	O
audio	O
signals	O
,	O
videos	O
or	O
genetic	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
much	O
smaller	O
than	O
the	O
data	O
,	O
the	O
epitome	B-Algorithm
contains	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
smaller	O
overlapping	O
parts	O
with	O
much	O
less	O
repetition	O
and	O
with	O
some	O
level	O
of	O
generalization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
tasks	O
such	O
as	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
,	O
machine	O
learning	O
and	O
signal	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
use	O
of	O
epitomic	B-Algorithm
analysis	I-Algorithm
was	O
with	O
image	O
textures	O
for	O
the	O
purposes	O
of	O
image	B-Algorithm
parsing	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epitomes	B-Algorithm
have	O
also	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
video	O
processing	O
to	O
replace	O
,	O
remove	O
or	O
superresolve	B-Algorithm
imagery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epitomes	B-Algorithm
are	O
also	O
being	O
investigated	O
as	O
tools	O
for	O
vaccine	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
