Establishing perceptual criteria on image quality in diagnostic telepathology

David J. Foran, Thomas Papathomas, Ivan Marsic, Leiguang Gong, Casimir A. Kulikowski, Robert L. Trelstad

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Abstract

The potential of lossy image compression is investigated in a well defined task domain, specifically, clinical assessment of chromatic, surgical and hematopathology specimens. Two criteria were employed, just noticeable difference and largest tolerable distortion. Compression tolerances differed among pathologists, but conformed to well defined upper and lower limits. The level of tolerable compression was significantly larger for the second criterion. It is concluded that lossy image compression is feasible for diagnostic pathology and may hold promise for telepathology applications.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages873-876
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 1996
EventProceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP'96. Part 2 (of 3) - Lausanne, Switz
Duration: Sep 16 1996Sep 19 1996

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP'96. Part 2 (of 3)
CityLausanne, Switz
Period9/16/969/19/96

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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