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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2007
David Thomas Gering, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gopal Biligeri Avinash, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
David Thomas Gering, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gopal Biligeri Avinash, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A technique for prioritizing portions of compressed multi-resolution medical image data to be processed. More relevant portions of medical image data are compressed at a higher resolution than less relevant portions of medical image data. A mask is created from the image data and used to assign data compression quality factors to corresponding image blocks in the image data. The image data in each region is compressed based on their assigned quality factor. During processing of the compressed image data, the compressed image data and the mask are accessed. The mask is used to direct the processing of the compressed image data. Depending upon the application, the mask can be used to direct that the image data for the regions of most relevance be processed before the image data for the regions of lesser relevance. However, the mask can be used to direct that the image data for the regions of lesser relevance be processed before the image data for the regions of most relevance.