title: Implementation and evaluation of data compression of MR images.
abstract: A full-frame bit-allocation technique of data compression has been implemented using the existing computer facilities of an MR imager. Images reconstructed from compressed data files have been compared with the original image and changes in noise and pixel value measured to evaluate any image degradation introduced by the compression process. A 256 x 256 x 8 bit brain image can be compressed in 20 seconds with a compression ratio of greater than 4:1 without significant loss of information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Howe
mesh_terms: D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*