Compression For Picture Archiving And Communication In Radiology

J. G. Dunham; R. L. Hill; G. J. Blaine; D. L. Snyder; R. G. Jost

doi:10.1117/12.935982

16 May 1983 Compression For Picture Archiving And Communication In Radiology

J. G. Dunham, R. L. Hill, G. J. Blaine, D. L. Snyder, R. G. Jost

Proceedings Volume 0418, Picture Archiving and Communication Systems; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935982
Event: Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS II), 1983, Kansas City, United States

Abstract

Compression of digitized radiology images in a Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS) environment can reduce archival storage requirements as well as transmission rate constraints. Often data compression systems are designed for a communication system environment where the encoder must operate in real-time and have a limited complexity while the decoder may be more complex and operate off-line. A PACS network typically has different requirements. We present an overview of the current image compression literature relevant to a PACS environment. We consider both noiseless source-coding which requires perfect reproduction of the image, and source-coding subject to a fidelity criterion which allows some distortion in the reconstructed image. The importance of time-complexity versus compression tradeoffs is discussed.

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J. G. Dunham, R. L. Hill, G. J. Blaine, D. L. Snyder, and R. G. Jost "Compression For Picture Archiving And Communication In Radiology", Proc. SPIE 0418, Picture Archiving and Communication Systems, (16 May 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935982

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