Digital video server for ultrasound services

Author

Alsafadi, Yasser ; Martinez, Ralph

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

20-24 Aug 1995

Firstpage

257

Lastpage

263

Abstract

Presents the design and implementation of a digital video server for ultrasound services. It is based on a scalable network delivery of MPEG-1 encoded ultrasound sequences. In contrast with the current video delivery mechanisms used by Mosaic, this service requires a fixed time (2-3 seconds) for the start of viewing of a video sequence, and has no limitations on the length of the video sequence. However, the video-playing frame rates were comparable to that of Mosaic. The video server implemented can support real-time ultrasound and playback of recorded ultrasound sequences. This scalable network delivery mechanism will be extended to other types of dynamic medical sequences such as echocardiogram sequences

Keywords

biomedical ultrasonics; image sequences; medical image processing; network servers; telecommunication services; ultrasonic applications; video coding; visual communication; 2 to 3 s; MPEG-1 encoded US sequences; Mosaic; digital video server; dynamic medical sequences; echocardiogram sequences; real-time ultrasound; recorded ultrasound sequence playback; scalable network delivery mechanism; ultrasound services; video delivery mechanisms; video sequence viewing; video-playing frame rates; Cardiology; Computer networks; Delay; Design engineering; Network servers; Protocols; Transform coding; Ultrasonic imaging; Video compression; Video sequences;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image Management and Communications, 1995., Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oahu Island, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7560-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMAC.1995.532929

Filename

532929