Mammography is the best available tool for screening for the early detection of breast
cancer. Mammographic screening has been shown to be effective in reducing breast cancer …

The objective of radiologic image compression is to reduce the data volume of and to
achieve a low bit rate in the digital representation of radiologic images without perceived …

Reporting the state of the art of color image processing, this monograph fills an existing gap
in the literature on digital signal and image processing. It can serve the needs of different …

Computers have become an integral part of medical imaging systems and are used for
everything from data acquisition and image generation to image display and analysis. As the …

We propose a new image multiresolution transform that is suited for both lossless
(reversible) and lossy compression. The new transformation is similar to the subband …

Most benign breast tumors possess well-defined, sharp boundaries that delineate them from
surrounding tissues, as opposed to malignant tumors. Computer techniques proposed to …

Diagnostic features in mammograms vary widely in size and shape. Classical image
enhancement techniques cannot adapt to the varying characteristics of such features. An …

Lossless compression techniques are essential in archival and communication of medical
images. Here, a new segmentation-based lossless image coding (SLIC) method is …

In this paper a new image transformation suited for reversible (lossless) image compression
is presented. It uses a simple pyramid multiresolution scheme which is enhanced via …

Spatial resolution and contrast sensitivity requirements for some types of medical image
techniques, including mammography, delay the implementation of new digital technologies …