Wavelet versus JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group) and fractal compression: Impact on the detection of low-contrast details in computed radiographs

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 456-463

  Ricke, Jens ^a   Maass, Peter ^b   Lopez Hänninen, Enrique ^a   Liebig, Thomas ^a   Amthauer, Holger ^a   Stroszczynski, Christian ^a   Schauer, Wolfgang ^a   Boskamp, Tobias ^b   Wolf, Martin ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed radiography; Fractal; Image compression; Joint Photographic Expert Group; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THORAX;

EID: 0032471099     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199808000-00006     Document Type: Article

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