Wavelet-based compression of pathological images for telemedicine applications

Chang Wen Chen; Jianfei Jiang; Zhiyong Zheng; Xue Gui Wu; Lun Yu

doi:10.1117/12.386393

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18 May 2000 Wavelet-based compression of pathological images for telemedicine applications

Chang Wen Chen, Jianfei Jiang, Zhiyong Zheng, Xue Gui Wu, Lun Yu

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Proceedings Volume 3980, Medical Imaging 2000: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.386393
Event: Medical Imaging 2000, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

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In this paper, we present the performance evaluation of wavelet-based coding techniques as applied to the compression of pathological images for application in an Internet-based telemedicine system. We first study how well suited the wavelet-based coding is as it applies to the compression of pathological images, since these images often contain fine textures that are often critical to the diagnosis of potential diseases. We compare the wavelet-based compression with the DCT-based JPEG compression in the DICOM standard for medical imaging applications. Both objective and subjective measures have been studied in the evaluation of compression performance. These studies are performed in close collaboration with expert pathologists who have conducted the evaluation of the compressed pathological images and communication engineers and information scientists who designed the proposed telemedicine system. These performance evaluations have shown that the wavelet-based coding is suitable for the compression of various pathological images and can be integrated well with the Internet-based telemedicine systems. A prototype of the proposed telemedicine system has been developed in which the wavelet-based coding is adopted for the compression to achieve bandwidth efficient transmission and therefore speed up the communications between the remote terminal and the central server of the telemedicine system.

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Chang Wen Chen, Jianfei Jiang, Zhiyong Zheng, Xue Gui Wu, and Lun Yu "Wavelet-based compression of pathological images for telemedicine applications", Proc. SPIE 3980, Medical Imaging 2000: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues, (18 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.386393

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