Establishing perceptual criteria on image quality in diagnostic telepathology

Author

Foran, David J. ; Meer, Peter ; Papathomas, Thomas ; Marsic, Ivan ; Gong, Leiguang ; Kulikowski, Casimir A. ; Trelstad, Robert L.

Author_Institution

BioImaging Lab., Robert Wood Johnson Med. Sch., Piscataway, NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

16-19 Sep 1996

Firstpage

873

Abstract

The potential of lossy image compression is investigated in a well defined task domain, specifically, clinical assessment of chromatic, surgical and hematopathology specimens. Two criteria were employed, just noticeable difference and largest tolerable distortion. Compression tolerances differed among pathologists, but conformed to well defined upper and lower limits. The level of tolerable compression was significantly larger for the second criterion. It is concluded that lossy image compression is feasible for diagnostic pathology and may hold promise for telepathology applications

Keywords

data compression; image coding; medical image processing; visual perception; chromatic specimens; clinical assessment; compression tolerances; diagnostic pathology; diagnostic telepathology; hematopathology specimens; image quality; just noticeable difference; largest tolerable distortion; lossy image compression; lower limits; perceptual criteria; surgical specimens; telepathology applications; tolerable compression level; upper limits; Biomedical computing; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Distortion measurement; Image coding; Image quality; Laboratories; Medical diagnostic imaging; Pathology; USA Councils;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image Processing, 1996. Proceedings., International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lausanne

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3259-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIP.1996.559638

Filename

559638