Assessment of visually lossless irreversible image compression: Comparison of three methods by using an image-comparison workstation

被引：81

作者：

Slone, RM ^{[1
]}

Foos, DH ^{[1
]}

Whiting, BR ^{[1
]}

Muka, E ^{[1
]}

Rubin, DA ^{[1
]}

Pilgram, TK ^{[1
]}

Kohm, KS ^{[1
]}

Young, SS ^{[1
]}

Ho, P ^{[1
]}

Hendrickson, DD ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Edward Mallinckrodt Inst Radiol, Barnes Jewish Hosp, St Louis, MO 63110 USA

来源：

RADIOLOGY | 2000年 / 215卷 / 02期

关键词：

computers; diagnostic aid; data compression; images; artifact; display; processing; picture archiving and communication system (PACS);

D O I：

10.1148/radiology.215.2.r00ap47543

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;

摘要：

PURPOSE: To determine the degree of irreversible image compression detectable in conservative viewing conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An image-comparison workstation, which alternately displayed two registered and magnified versions of an image, was used to study observer detection of image degradation introduced by irreversible compression. Five observers evaluated 20 16-bit posteroanterior digital chest radiographs compressed with Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) or wavelet-based trellis-coded quantization (WTCQ) algorithms at compression ratios of 8:1-128:1 and x2 magnification by using (a) traditional two-alternative forced choice; (b) original-revealed two-alternative forced choice, in which the noncompressed image is identified to the observer; and (c) a resolution-metric method of matching test images to degraded reference images. RESULTS: The visually lossless threshold was between 8:1 and 16:1 for four observers. JPEG compression resulted in performance as good as that with WTCQ compression at these ratios. The original-revealed forced-choice method was faster and as sensitive as the two-alternative forced-choice method. The resolution-metric results were robust and provided information on performance above visually lossless levels. CONCLUSION: The image-comparison workstation is a versatile tool for comparative assessment of image quality. At x2 magnification, images compressed with either JPEG or WTCQ algorithms were indistinguishable from unaltered original images for most observers at compression ratios between 8:1 and 16:1, indicating that 10:1 compression is acceptable for primary image interpretation.

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页码：543 / 553

页数：11

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