K. P. Wong, D. D. Feng. Clinical evaluation of fractal coding technique for dynamic PET data compression. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 23(1):0-0, 2003.
The use of picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) has facilitated rapid data retreival and transmission across computer networks within different hospitals. Medical images, particularly those acquired by positron emission tomography (PET), are more difficult to work with as compared to those obtained from computer tomography and digital mammography, because they are multidimensional (3D space + time) and time-varying. Standard lossless compression schemes have been studied over the past two decades but compression rations of about 2:1 can be achieved only. Common industrial standards for lossy image compression are designed for non-medical use. Their application ti medical image compression is still under investigation. This study evaluates the use of fractal image coding technique to compress clinical neurologic PET data
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@article{WoFe03,
Author = {Wong, K. P. and Feng, D. D.},
Title = {Clinical evaluation of fractal coding technique for dynamic PET data compression},
Journal = {Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism},
Volume = {23},
Number = {1},
Pages = {0--0},
Publisher = {Raven Press Publishers},
Year = {2003}
}
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