function RLE = mComputeZeroRLE( image )

[ row_max, col_max ] = size( image );

RLE = zeros( 1, row_max*col_max );

RLE_index = 0;
zero_count = 0;

for row = 1:row_max
  for col = 1:col_max
    if image( row, col ) == 0
      zero_count = zero_count + 1;
    else
      RLE_index = RLE_index + 1;
      RLE( RLE_index ) = image( row, col ) + i*zero_count;
      zero_count = 0;
    end
  end
end

RLE = RLE( 1:RLE_index );