In this paper, we introduce a novel approach to compress jointly a Multi-Channel Electrocardiogram (MCE) and an ultrasound image. We will show that this technique allows better performances, in terms of compression ratio (CR) compared to coding separately both modalities. In this approach, scaled ECG samples are inserted within the high frequencies of the ultrasound image after its decomposition on wavelet basis. The new standard JPEG2000 is then applied on the packed data for both coding and decoding purpose. Finally, the reconstruction quality is evaluated using the PSNR (Peak Signal Noise Ratio) and the PRD (Percent Root Mean Square Difference), respectively for both the ultrasound image and the ECG signals.
Abstract-This paper presents an efficient compression system adapted to High Dynamic Range (HDR) images. First a Tone Mapping Operator (TMO) generates the Low Dynamic Range (LDR) version of the HDR content together with its extra information. The obtained LDR image is encoded using an optimized JPEG coding scheme, whereas the extra information is encoded as side data. Specifically, the optimized JPEG based algorithm constructs near-optimal rate-distortion quantization tables using DCT coefficient distribution statistics and Lagrangian optimization approach. To ensure accurate HDR reconstruction, the extra information is compressed with conventional JPEG encoder using the highest quality level. The aim of the proposed HDR coding system is twofold. First, it performs a bit allocation mechanism, to achieve near-optimal rate control. Second, it maintains the backward compatibility with the conventional JPEG. Experiments show that the compression performance of the proposed HDR coder outperforms that of the reference method.
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