Comparative survey of ultrasound images compression methods dedicated to a tele-echography robotic system

Author

Delgorge, C. ; Vieyres, P. ; Poisson, G. ; Rosenberger, C. ; Arbeille, P.

Author_Institution

Lab. Vision et Robotique, Bourges, France

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2461

Abstract

Proposes an evaluation of various compression techniques, for ultrasound image transmission, within a telemedicine project. For the purpose of this work, we selected seven compression methods: Fourier transform, discrete cosine transform, wavelets, quadtrees transform, fractals, histogram thresholding, and run length coding. Preliminary results obtained on echographic images show that the method based upon the wavelet transform seems to give the best compromise between coding performance and image quality, measured thanks to mean square error and coding time.

Keywords

Fourier transforms; biomedical ultrasonics; data compression; discrete cosine transforms; fractals; image coding; medical image processing; medical robotics; quadtrees; runlength codes; telemedicine; telerobotics; wavelet transforms; Fourier transform; coding performance; coding time; discrete cosine transform; echographic images; fractals; histogram thresholding; image quality; mean square error; quadtrees transform; run length coding; tele-echography robotic system; telemedicine project; ultrasound image compression methods; ultrasound image transmission; wavelets; Discrete Fourier transforms; Discrete cosine transforms; Discrete wavelet transforms; Fourier transforms; Fractals; Image coding; Image communication; Robots; Telemedicine; Ultrasonic imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7211-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1017276

Filename

1017276