Evaluation Of Medical Image Compression

Cécile Delgorge (1) , Christophe Rosenberger (2)

1 LVR - Laboratoire Vision et Robotique
2 Equipe SAFE - Laboratoire GREYC - UMR6072

The authors present in this chapter an overview on evaluation of medical image compression. The different methodologies used in the literature are presented. Subjective evaluation uses some a priori knowledge such as the judgment of experts or the ability to realize a correct diagnosis. Objective evaluation generally takes into account the value of metrics: the PSNR is an example of such a criterion. The goal of hybrid evaluation is to realize a reliable judgment while having a simple computation. The authors discuss on the benefits and drawbacks of these approaches. The European Project called OTELO in which they were involved, gives feedback on ultrasound image compression.

Domaines: Imagerie médicale; Traitement des images [eess.IV]

Cécile Delgorge, Christophe Rosenberger. Evaluation Of Medical Image Compression. Handbook of Research on Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Imaging and Biomedical Applications, IGI Global, pp.447-459, 2009, ⟨10.4018/978-1-60566-314-2.ch028⟩. ⟨hal-00989898⟩