DWT-DCT hybrid scheme for medical image compression

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-122

  Singh, S ^a   Kumar, V ^a   Verma, H K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

DCT; DWT; Image compression; Medical imaging; Transform coding

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORMS; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

IMAGE COMPRESSION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGE COMPRESSION; TRANSFORM CODING; VARIANCE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; WAVEFORM;

ALGORITHMS; DATA COMPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33847726334     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900500412650     Document Type: Article

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