JPEG2000 3D compression vs 2D compression: An assessment of artifact amount and computing time in compressing thin-section abdomen CT images

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 835-844

  Kim, Bohyoung ^a   Lee, Kyoung Ho ^b   Kim, Kil Joong ^c   Richter, Thomas ^d   Kang, Heung Sik ^b   Kim, So Yeon ^b   Kim, Young Hoon ^b   Seo, Jinwook ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdomen CT; Compression; JPEG2000 3D (part 2); Thin sections; Visual analysis; Visually lossless threshold

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA COMPRESSION RATIO; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

IRREVERSIBLE COMPRESSION; JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERTS GROUP; JPEG 2000; LOSSLESS; PEAK SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THIN SECTION; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WILCOXON SIGNED RANK TEST;

IMAGE COMPRESSION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 61349156025     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3075824     Document Type: Article

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