Medical images: Formats, compression techniques and DICOM image retrieval a survey

The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard was created to aid the distribution and viewing of medical images, such as CT scans, MRIs, and ultrasound by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA). This paper includes description of various image formats and image compression algorithms which will be helpful for researcher in the field of medical image processing. The comparison of described formats and compression techniques is also provided in this paper. DICOM is the most common standard for receiving scans from a hospital. The DICOM standard is an evolving standard and it is maintained in accordance with the procedures of the DICOM standards committee. The features, which are extracted from DICOM images, are included in this paper.