Compression assessment based on medical image quality concepts using computer-generated test images

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-115

  Kocsis, O ^a   Costaridou, L ^a   Mandellos, G ^b   Lymberopoulos, D ^b   Panayiotakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assessment; Computer generated test image; JPEG; Medical image compression; Teleradiology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; IMAGE COMPRESSION; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIOGRAPHY;

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0038295957     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(02)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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