Speedy Way to Transmit Images via Internet

The method also reduces the space needed for storing volumes of x-ray, tomography, and ultrasound images by about 10%. The process was developed by the Institut fur Telematik (Trier, Germany), where researchers found a way to prevent the loss of image quality that usually occurs with compressed images. As a result, the images are virtually identical to the originals. The Java-based software, called Dicomzip, can run on any platform and self-installs. It is being marketed by ITM Services AG (Essen, Germany).

"We're basically dividing the original image of an x-ray or computer tomography examination into two pictures,” explained Prof. Christoph Meinel, director of the Institut fur Telematik. "One shows the actual contents of the image, the other contains unimportant technical components.”





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