A statistical method for evaluation quality of medical images: A case study in bit discarding and image compression

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 167-175

  Chen, Tzong Jer ^a,c   Chuang, Keh Shih ^a   Chiang, Yuang Chin ^a   Chang, Jen Hao ^b   Liu, Ren Shyan ^c  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Image compression; Image noise; Image quality; Moran test

Indexed keywords

IMAGE COMPRESSION; IMAGE QUALITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ELECTRON PHANTOMS; LOSSY COMPRESSION; MEDICAL IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FILTRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; TAIWAN;

EID: 2342529182     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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