Title :
Virtual Slide Telepathology Systems with JPEG2000
Author :
Ortiz, J.P.G. ; Ruiz, V. ; Garcia, I.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Almeria, Almeria
Abstract :
In this paper the JPEG2000 standard is analyzed showing how to exploit all its powerful features in order to build efficient virtual slide telepathology systems. We propose a fast method for stitching images in the wavelet domain. Stitching is a process necessary in many virtual slide systems to generate only one image of a slide with the maximum resolution. This method profits from the structure of the JPEG2000 images to carry out the process with the minimum memory consumption and computational load, obtaining a smoothed union without losing any detail.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; data compression; diseases; image coding; medical computing; telemedicine; virtual reality; wavelet transforms; JPEG2000 standard; computational load; image resolution; minimum memory consumption; stitching images; virtual slide telepathology systems; wavelet domain; Biomedical imaging; Computer architecture; Image coding; Image generation; Medical diagnostic imaging; Microscopy; Protocols; Transform coding; Wavelet domain; Wavelet transforms; Algorithms; Computer Graphics; Data Compression; Data Display; Image Enhancement; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Subtraction Technique; Telepathology; User-Computer Interface;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352431
