Title :
Specialized telepathology electronic patient record based on JPEG 2000
Author :
Montesinos, Luis ; Puentes, John
Author_Institution :
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores, Monterrey, Mexico
Abstract :
This paper proposes a model of specialized telepathology electronic patient record (STEPR), exploiting the features of the JPEG 2000 still image compression standard. Among them, coded image encapsulation within a file format structure, inclusion of metadata in this file format, compression efficiency, multiple spatial resolution decompression, signal to noise ratio scalability and region of interest, have been considered as significant for STEPR creation and exchange. The presented STEPR offers a performing, flexible and independent solution, well adapted to a telepathology context, on which critical resources constraints are to be taken into account.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; cellular biophysics; data compression; image coding; image resolution; medical image processing; medical information systems; optical microscopy; standards; telemedicine; JPEG 2000 still image compression standard; coded image encapsulation; compression efficiency; file format; metadata; multiple spatial resolution decompression; resources constraints; signal to noise ratio scalability; specialized telepathology electronic patient record; telepathology context; Biomedical imaging; Encapsulation; Image coding; Medical diagnostic imaging; Microscopy; Pathology; Scalability; Signal to noise ratio; Spatial resolution; Transform coding;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2003. 4th International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7667-6
DOI :
10.1109/ITAB.2003.1222485
