Extension of wavelet compression algorithms to 3D and 4D image data: Exploitation of data coherence in higher dimensions allows very high compression ratios

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4478, Issue , 2001, Pages 427-433

  Zeng, Li ^a   Jansen, Christian ^a   Unser, Michael ^b   Hunziker, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D; 4D; Echocardiography; Image compression; Medical imaging; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COHERENT LIGHT; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TELEMEDICINE; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

IMAGE DATA;

IMAGE COMPRESSION;

EID: 0035765589     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.449734     Document Type: Article

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