Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research (대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지)

The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (대한의용생체공학회)
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Design of PC-based CR-PACS using Multiresolution Wavelet Transform

다해상도 웨이블릿 변환을 이용한 PC기반의 CR-PACS 설계

  • 김광민 (연세대학교 의과대학 의용공학교실) ;
  • 유선국 (연세대학교 의과대학 의용공학교실, 연세의료원 심장혈관센터)
  • Published : 1998.06.01
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Abstract

A small PACS based on PC is designed for CR. To receive the digital image from CR, a DICOM Interface Unit (DIU) is designed that complied with the medical image standard, DICOM V3.0. The CR images acquired through the DIU are stored in a file-server; the patient information of the images is stored in a database. To improve the performance of PC and to use it easily, multiresolution images are constructed by wavelet transform and displayed progressively. Wavelet compression method is newly adopted to store the images hierarchically to storage units. In this compression method, the image is decomposed into subclasses of image by wavelet transform, and then the subclasses of the image are vector quantized using a multiresolution codebook. The storage units for CR images were divided into the short-term storage in file-server and the harddisk in viewing station. Image processing tools supported by general PACS is implemented based on PC.

CR을 이용하여 PC를 기반으로 하는 PACS를 구현하였다. CR에서 디지털 데이터를 직접 받아들이기 위하여 의료영상표준안인 DICOM3.0에 맞추어 DICON Interface Unit(DIU)을 설계하였다. DIU를 통하여 들어온 CR 영상은 파일서버에 저장되며, 그 영상의 환자정보는 데이터베이스에 저장된다. PC의 효율을 높이고 사용자의 편이를 위해 웨이블릿 변환을 이용하여 다해상도의 영상을 만들고, 이를 순차적으로 나타내었다. 저장공간에 계층적으로 영상을 저장하기 위하여 웨이블릿 압축방법을 새롭게 적용하였다. 이 방법은 CR 영상을 저장하는 저장공간은 파일서버의 단기저장장치와 검색PC의 하드디스크로 나누인다. 일반적인 PACS에서 지원하는 영상처리도 PC를 기반으로 구현하였다.

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