Multidimensional Data Cube for Deciding on the Optimum Compression Method of Medical Images

Abstract

Storage needs in medical industry are increasing by 20-25% year after year. This poses a very serious challenge in the storage and transmission of images. Be it PACS or Cloud, the cost involved in per gigabytes (GB) data storage is very high. Compression is predominantly the solution which decreases the amount of storage and manpower. In order to automatically compress the images depending on the modality and the anatomy, it is very important to find the optimum compression method which gives very good compression and at the same time retaining its quality. Therefore in order to help the physicians or the radiologists to choose the best combination, we have come up with a cube structure.