Optimized JPEG 2000 compression for efficient storage of histopathological whole-Slide images

• Main Authors: Henrik Helin (Author), Teemu Tolonen (Author), Onni Ylinen (Author), Petteri Tolonen (Author), Juha Näpänkangas (Author), Jorma Isola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Whole slide images (WSIs, digitized histopathology glass slides) are large data files whose long-term storage remains a significant cost for pathology departments. Currently used WSI formats are based on lossy image compression alogrithms, either using JPEG or its more efficient successo...