Usability of irreversible image compression in radiological imaging. A position paper by the European Society of Radiology (ESR)
European Society of Radiology (ESR) · Insights into Imaging · 2011
Radiological imaging methods have become digital over the last decade. Furthermore, new advancements—including multi-detector computed tomography (CT) and functional imaging in CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)—have substantially increased the size and number of digital images in radiological imaging departments. Decreasing costs of storage solutions have been equalized or surpassed by the increasing amount of digital images. In telemedicine, limited bandwidth and resulting duration of image transmission for huge studies is sometimes critical.