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Lossless Image Compression
2.1 Introduction
Lossless image compression nds applications in medical imaging, indus-
trial applications such as nondestructive testing, satellite imaging and remote
sensing, real-time applications, document management systems, image
archiving, HDTV, and in applications where image quality after decoding
and reconstruction is very good, or no loss of information is expected.
Today, medical images are not stored on lm, making image compres-
sion pivotal. Medical applications use lossless compression instead of lossy
techniques, largely because of legal reasons, even though they provide lower
compression rates comp ...