title: Locally optimum run-length compression of CT images without restriction on the pixel value.
abstract: Previously reported locally optimum run-length compression of CT images is only applicable to 12 bit images. In order to extend this method to images whose pixel values may vary from 8 bits per pixel to 16 bits per pixel, single byte coding is suggested. A search method is also suggested to make a reasonable determination of the length of non-compressible pixels. Experiments have shown that single byte coding is successful, giving compressed results which are comparable with previously reported results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Scientific Instruments, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Engelhorn
mesh_terms: D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*