Title :
Lossless Compression of DNA Microarray Images with Inversion Coder
Author :
Koc, Basar ; Arnavut, Ziya ; Kocak, Huseyin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Abstract :
DNA microarray images are used to identify and monitor gene activity, or expression. In this study, we investigate the performance of the inversion coding technique in lossless compression of DNA microarray images. We show that inversion coding outperforms commonly used entropy coders and generic image compressors.
Keywords :
data compression; entropy; image coding; lab-on-a-chip; DNA microarray images; entropy coders; generic image compressors; inversion coder; inversion coding technique; lossless compression; Compressors; Computer science; DNA; Data compression; Educational institutions; Entropy; Image coding; BWIC; Image compression; Inversion coder; Microarray Images;
Conference_Titel :
Data Compression Conference (DCC), 2014
Conference_Location :
Snowbird, UT
DOI :
10.1109/DCC.2014.59