title: CT data storage reduction by means of compressing projection data instead of images: feasibility study.
abstract: The authors developed and evaluated a technique of compressing raw projection data at computed tomography (CT). Raw projection data acquired at CT were compressed and decompressed and then used for image reconstruction. For comparison, original images were compressed by comparable ratios. Projection data files were more compressible than image files. Projection data compression is a promising, efficient method to reduce data file size and thus to facilitate retrospective image reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S Kingshighway Blvd, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. baet@mir.wustl.edu
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Whiting
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed