Abstract
Medical images usually require higher fidelity than commonly used natural images, especially with respect to detail preservation. Color medical images also require a higher degree of color preservation. In this paper, we present the extension of the novel gray-scale image compression technique, Hybrid Multi-scale Vector Quantization (HMVQ) to color image compression. Limitations of common color image compression methods in controlling bit-rate allocation for color channels are discussed, and the ability of HMVQ in overcoming such limitations while improving the color quality is demonstrated.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 110-115 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems |
Volume | 17 |
State | Published - 2004 |
Event | Proceedings 17th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, CBMS 2004 - Bethesda, MD, United States Duration: Jun 24 2004 → Jun 25 2004 |