IMAGE-FILTERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SAME

An image filtering apparatus and method and a video encoding/decoding apparatus and method using the same are disclosed. The image filtering apparatus includes: a boundary identifying unit for identifying a boundary between two transform blocks included in an image; a pixel/strength selecting unit for selecting a filtering strength according to a size of at least one transform block among the two transform blocks; and a filtering unit for filtering at least one pixel included in a region adjacent to the boundary.