A simple lossless compression method-interval number method

Author

Xue, Yong ; Rees, Michael M. ; Sheng, Xiangyu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Clinical Radiol., Bristol Univ., UK

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Oct-1 Nov 1998

Firstpage

1326

Abstract

Lossless compression techniques-are essential in archival and communication of medical images. Compression of medical images has been historically reversible or “lossless” limiting compression ratios to between 2:1 and 4:1. A new and simple lossless method-interval number-in the field of image compression in medical science is presented. The method is tested on several kinds of popular medical images. The general compression ratio is around 2:1. The best compression ratio can be 7.8:1 for X-ray images. It is shown that the interval number method is a very efficient and powerful method for medical image compression

Keywords

data compression; image coding; medical image processing; telemedicine; X-ray images; compression ratio; image archiving; image homogeneity; image transmission; interval number method; lossless compression method; medical image compression; telemedicine; Biomedical imaging; Compression algorithms; Costs; Image coding; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical tests; Predictive coding; Predictive models; Radiology; Telemedicine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5164-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1998.747123

Filename

747123