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Design of Adaptive Quantization Tables and Huffman Tables for JPEG Compression of Medical Images

의료영상의 JPEG 압축을 위한 적응적 양자화 테이블과 허프만 테이블의 설계

  • 양시영 (한양대학교 전자통신전파공학과 영상통신 및 신호처리 연구실) ;
  • 정제창 (한양대학교 전자통신전파공학과 영상통신 및 신호처리 연구) ;
  • 박상규 (한양대학교 전자통신전파공학과 영상통신 및 신호처리 연구실)
  • Published : 2004.06.01
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Abstract

Due to the bandwidth and storage limitations, medical images are needed to be compressed before transmission and storage. DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) specification, which is the medical images standard, provides a mechanism for supporting the use of JPEG still image compression standard. In this paper, we explain a method for compressing medical images by JPEG standard and propose two methods for JPEG compression. First, because medical images differ from natural images in optical feature, we propose a method to design adaptively the quantization table using spectrum analysis. Second, because medical images have higher pixel depth than natural images do, we propose a method to design Huffman table which considers the probability distribution feature of symbols. Therefore, we propose methods to design a quantization table and Huffman table suitable for medical images. Simulation results show the improved performance compared to the quantization table and the adjusted Huffman table of JPEG standard. Proposed methods which are satisfied JPEG Standard, can be applied to PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System).

대역폭과 저장장치의 한계 때문에 의료영상은 전송과 저장 전에 압축되어야 한다. 의료영상 표준인 DICOM(Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine)은 JPEG 정지영상 압축을 지원하는 구조를 제공한다. 본 논문에서는 의료영상을 JPEG으로 압축하기 위한 방법을 설명하고 JPEG 압축을 위한 두 가지 방법을 제안한다. 첫 번째로 의료영상은 자연영상과는 시각적인 특성이 다르기 때문에, 스펙트럼 분석을 이용한 양자화 테이블을 적응적으로 설계하는 방법을 제안한다. 두 번째로 의료영상은 자연영상과 다르게 픽셀당 비트수가 높기 때문에, 심벌들의 확률분포 특성을 고려한 허프만 테이블을 적응적으로 설계하는 방법을 제안한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 의료영상에 적합한 양자화 테이블과 허프만 테이블을 설계하는 방법을 제안한다. 실험 결과 JPEG 표준의 양자화 테이블과 수정된 허프만 테이블에 비해 성능이 향상되는 것을 볼 수 있다. 본 논문에서 제안한 방법은 JPEG 표준을 만족하므로, PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System)에 적용될 수 있다.

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