Region of Interest Video Coding for Low bit-rate Transmission of Carotid Ultrasound Videos over 3G Wireless Networks

Author

Tsapatsoulis, N. ; Loizou, C. ; Pattichis, C.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Cyprus, Nicosia

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

3717

Lastpage

3720

Abstract

Efficient medical video transmission over 3G wireless is of great importance for fast diagnosis and on site medical staff training purposes. In this paper we present a region of interest based ultrasound video compression study which shows that significant reduction of the required, for transmission, bit rate can be achieved without altering the design of existing video codecs. Simple preprocessing of the original videos to define visually and clinically important areas is the only requirement.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; biomedical ultrasonics; data compression; medical image processing; video codecs; video coding; 3G wireless networks; carotid ultrasound videos; video codecs; video coding; video compression; Biomedical imaging; Humans; Image coding; Medical diagnostic imaging; Transform coding; Ultrasonic imaging; Video coding; Video compression; Videoconference; Wireless networks; Algorithms; Artificial Intelligence; Carotid Arteries; Cellular Phone; Computer Communication Networks; Data Compression; Humans; Image Enhancement; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Telemedicine; Telemetry; Ultrasonography; Video Recording;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353139

Filename

4353139