The use of data compression in telecomunication of Nuclear Medicine images

Author

Jackson, Stuart A. ; Szasz, Ivan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Nucl. Med., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Volume

3

fYear

1992

fDate

Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992

Firstpage

1229

Lastpage

1229

Abstract

Unlike conventional radiographs, the detail contained within Nuclear Medicine images is not fine in its structure. Consequently, it is possible that some loss of detail may be tolerable when using data compression techniques in image telecommunication. This study has been performed to compare a software implementation of the linear predictive coding method with a hardware based 2 dimensional cosine transform (2DCT). Using 50 normal bone scans with induced defects of varying significance, an experienced observer viewed the data in random order and receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) were constructed to compare the responses.

Keywords

biomedical communication; bone; data compression; linear predictive coding; medical image processing; radioisotope imaging; sensitivity analysis; 2D cosine transform; bone scan; data compression; image telecommunication; linear predictive coding method; nuclear medicine image; random order; receiver operating characteristic curves; software implementation; Bones; Communications technology; Image coding; Nuclear medicine; Observers; Predictive coding; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0785-2

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-0816-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761758

Filename

5761758