Differential image compression for telemedicine: a novel approach
Telemedicine is one of the most emerging technologies of applied medical sciences. Medical information related to patients is transmitted and stored for references and consultations. Medical images occupy huge space; in order to transmit these images may delay the process of image transmission in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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College of Computer Science & Information Systems, Karachi
2011
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/14119/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/14119/1/download.pdf |
| Summary: | Telemedicine is one of the most emerging technologies of applied medical sciences. Medical information related
to patients is transmitted and stored for references and consultations. Medical images occupy huge space; in
order to transmit these images may delay the process of image transmission in critical times. Image compression
techniques provide a better solution to combat bandwidth scarcity problems, and transmit same image in a much
lower bandwidth requirements, more faster and at the same time maintain quality. In this paper a differential
image compression method is developed in which medical images are taken from a wounded patient and are
compressed to reduce the bit rate of these images. Results indicate that on average 25% compression on images
is achieved with 3.5 MOS taken from medical doctors and other paramedical staff the ultimately user of the
images. |
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