book

Compression of Biomedical Images and Signals

August 2008

Intermediate to advanced

288 pages

9h 10m

English

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1.1. Introduction1.2. The management of digital data using PACS1.3. The increasing quantities of digital data1.4. Legal and practical matters1.5. The role of data compression1.6. Diagnostic quality1.7. Conclusion1.8. Bibliography
2.1. Introduction2.2. Outline of a generic compression technique2.3. Compression of still images2.4. The compression of image sequences2.5. Compressing 1D signals2.6. The compression of 3D objects2.7. Conclusion and future developments2.8. Bibliography
3.1. Introduction3.2. Characteristics of physiological signals3.3. Specificities of medical images3.4. Conclusion3.5. Bibliography
4.1. Introduction4.2. Standards for communicating medical data4.3. Existing standards for image compression4.4. Conclusion4.5. Bibliography
5.1. Introduction5.2. Degradations generated by compression norms and their consequences in medical imaging5.3. Subjective quality assessment5.4. Objective quality assessment5.5. Conclusion5.6. Bibliography

6.1. Introduction6.2. Standards for coding physiological signals6.3. EEG compression6.4. ECG compression6.5. Conclusion6.6. Bibliography
7.1. Introduction7.2. Reversible compression of medical images7.3. Lossy compression of medical images7.4. Progressive compression of medical images7.5. Conclusion7.6. Bibliography
8.1. Introduction8.2. Reversible compression of (2D+t) and 3D medical data sets8.3. Irreversible compression of (2D+t) medical sequences8.4. Irreversible compression of volumetric medical data sets8.5. Conclusion8.6. Bibliography
9.1. Introduction9.2. Definitions and properties of triangular meshes9.3. Compression of static meshes9.4. Compression of dynamic meshes9.5. Conclusion9.6. Appendices9.7. Bibliography
10.1. Introduction10.2. Protection of medical imagery and data10.3. Basics of encryption algorithms10.4. Medical image encryption10.5. Medical image watermarking and encryption10.6. Conclusion10.7. Bibliography
11.1. Introduction11.2. Brief overview of the existing applications11.3. The fixed and mobile networks11.4. Transmission of medical images11.5. Conclusion11.6. Bibliography