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international conference on image processing | 2005

Compression of fMRI and ultrasound images using 4D SPIHT

Hariharan G. Lalgudi; Ali Bilgin; Michael W. Marcellin; Mariappan S. Nadar

There is increased use of medical imaging techniques that produce four dimensional (4D) datasets such as fMRI and 3D dynamic echocardiograms. These datasets consume even larger amounts of resources for transmission or storage compared to the traditional 2D data sets. In this paper, we extend the zero tree algorithms, EZW (embedded zero tree coding of wavelet coefficients) and SPIHT (set partitioning in hierarchical trees) to 4D to compress the 4D datasets more efficiently. Integer to integer wavelet transforms scaled by appropriate subband energy weights are used to get lossy to lossless compression. We also investigate the effects of lossy compression on the end result of fMRI analysis.


Medical Imaging 2005 - Image Processing | 2005

Four-dimensional compression of fMRI using JPEG2000

Hariharan G. Lalgudi; Ali Bilgin; Michael W. Marcellin; Ali Tabesh; Mariappan S. Nadar; Theodore P. Trouard

Many medical imaging techniques available today generate 4D data sets. One such technique is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) which aims to determine regions of the brain that are activated due to various cognitive and/or motor functions or sensory stimuli. These data sets often require substantial resources for storage and transmission and hence call for efficient compression algorithms. fMRI data can be seen as a time-series of 3D images of the brain. Many different strategies can be employed for compressing such data. One possibility is to treat each 2D slice independently. Alternatively, it is also possible to compress each 3D image independently. Such methods do not fully exploit the redundancy present in 4D data. In this work, methods using 4D wavelet transforms are proposed. They are compared to different 2D and 3D methods. The proposed schemes are based on JPEG2000, which is included in the DICOM standard as a transfer syntax. Methodologies to test the effects of lossy compression on the end result of fMRI analysis are introduced and used to compare different compression algorithms.


IEEE Transactions on Image Processing | 2009

View Compensated Compression of Volume Rendered Images for Remote Visualization

Hariharan G. Lalgudi; Michael W. Marcellin; Ali Bilgin; Han Oh; Mariappan S. Nadar

Remote visualization of volumetric images has gained importance over the past few years in medical and industrial applications. Volume visualization is a computationally intensive process, often requiring hardware acceleration to achieve a real time viewing experience. One remote visualization model that can accomplish this would transmit rendered images from a server, based on viewpoint requests from a client. For constrained server-client bandwidth, an efficient compression scheme is vital for transmitting high quality rendered images. In this paper, we present a new view compensation scheme that utilizes the geometric relationship between viewpoints to exploit the correlation between successive rendered images. The proposed method obviates motion estimation between rendered images, enabling significant reduction to the complexity of a compressor. Additionally, the view compensation scheme, in conjuction with JPEG2000 performs better than AVC, the state of the art video compression standard.


data compression conference | 2008

Lifting-Based View Compensated Compression of Volume Rendered Images for Efficient Remote Visualization

Hariharan G. Lalgudi; Michael W. Marcellin; Ali Bilgin; Mariappan S. Nadar

Remote visualization of volumetric images has gained importance over the past few years in medical and industrial applications. Volume visualization is a computationally intensive process, often requiring hardware acceleration to achieve a real time viewing experience. One remote visualization model that can accomplish this would transmit rendered images (with dedicated hardware) from the server based on view-point requests from a client. For a given server-client bandwidth, an efficient compression scheme is vital for transmitting high quality rendered images. In this paper, we present a new compression scheme that utilizes the geometric relationship between view-points to exploit the correlation between successive rendered images. The proposed method performs better than AVC, the state of the art video compression standard. Additionally, our scheme obviates motion estimation between rendered images, enabling significant reduction to the complexity of the encoder.


Proceedings of SPIE | 2008

Parallel magnetic resonance imaging using compressed sensing

Ali Bilgin; Yookyung Kim; Hariharan G. Lalgudi; Theodore P. Trouard; Maria I. Altbach

Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is routinely used in clinical practice, long acquisition times limit its practical utility in many applications. To increase the data acquisition speed of MRI, parallel MRI (pMRI) techniques have recently been proposed. These techniques utilize multi-channel receiver arrays and are based on simultaneous acquisition of data from multiple receiver coils. Recently, a novel framework called Compressed Sensing (CS) was introduced. Since this new framework illustrates how signals can be reconstructed from much fewer samples than suggested by the Nyquist theory, it has the potential to significantly accelerate data acquisition in MRI. This paper illustrates that CS and pMRI techniques can be combined and such joint processing yields results that are superior to those obtained from independent utilization of each technique.


Proceedings of SPIE | 2008

Scalable Low Complexity Image Coder For Remote Volume visualization

Hariharan G. Lalgudi; Michael W. Marcellin; Ali Bilgin; Mariappan S. Nadar

Remote visualization of volumetric data has gained importance over the past few years in order to realize the full potential of tele-radiology. Volume rendering is a computationally intensive process, often requiring hardware acceleration to achieve real time visualization. Hence a remote visualization model that is well-suited for high speed networks would be to transmit rendered images from the server (with dedicated hardware) based on view point requests from clients. In this regard, a compression scheme for the rendered images is vital for efficient utilization of the server-client bandwidth. Also, the complexity of the decompressor should be considered so that a low end client workstation can decode images at the desired frame rate. We present a scalable low complexity image coder that has good compression efficiency and high throughput.


Archive | 2008

Lifting-based view compensated compression and remote visualization of volume rendered images

Michael W. Marcellin; Ali Bilgin; Hariharan G. Lalgudi; Mariappan S. Nadar


IEEE Signal Processing Letters | 2008

Compression of Multidimensional Images Using JPEG2000

Hariharan G. Lalgudi; Ali Bilgin; Michael W. Marcellin; Mariappan S. Nadar


Archive | 2008

Methods and systems for remotely visualizing images

Michael W. Marcellin; Ali Bilgin; Hariharan G. Lalgudi


43nd Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition - Answering Tomorrow's Telemetry Challenges, ITC/USA 2007 | 2007

Scalable low complexity coder for high resolution airborne video

Hariharan G. Lalgudi; Michael W. Marcellin; Ali Bilgin; Mariappan S. Nadar

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