Compression of Biomedical Images and Signals

During the last decade, image and signal compression for storage and transmission purpose has seen a great expansion. But what about medical data compression? Should a medical image or a physiological signal be processed and compressed like any other data? The progress made in imaging systems, storing systems and telemedicine makes compression in this field particularly interesting. However, this compression has to be adapted to the specificities of biomedical data which contain diagnosis information.
As such, this book offers an overview of compression techniques applied to medical data, including: physiological signals, MRI, X-ray, ultrasound images, static and dynamic volumetric images.
Researchers, clinicians, engineers and professionals in this area, along with postgraduate students in the signal and image processing field, will find this book to be of great interest.

在過去的十年中，影像和信號壓縮用於儲存和傳輸的目的已經有了很大的發展。但是醫學數據壓縮又如何呢？醫學影像或生理信號應該像其他數據一樣被處理和壓縮嗎？成像系統、儲存系統和遠程醫療的進步使得這個領域的壓縮特別有趣。然而，這種壓縮必須適應包含診斷信息的生物醫學數據的特殊性。

因此，本書提供了應用於醫學數據的壓縮技術的概述，包括：生理信號、MRI、X光、超聲波影像、靜態和動態體積影像。

研究人員、臨床醫生、工程師和這個領域的專業人士，以及信號和影像處理領域的研究生將會對本書感興趣。