A method for encoding an image includes identifying first and second sets of pixels from multiple pixels in a current row of the image, where the first set of pixels includes one or more pixels that are equal to one or more corresponding pixels in a reference row, and the second set of pixels are not equal to one or more corresponding pixels in the reference row. A third set of pixels that includes at least one of a first group of pixels selected from the first set of pixels and a second group of pixels selected from at least one of the first set and the second set of pixels is identified and encoded in an encoded data set.