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lossy compression Telemedicine A format for data transmission which compresses, transmits and decompresses at the receiving end with a 'tolerable' loss of imaged data. See Data compression, Telemedicine; Cf Codec, Loss-less
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Both lossless and lossy compression can be found in software, drivers, firmware, and in some cases even ASICs. Heartlab's new compression-on-demand technology delivers over 10 different levels of lossless and lossy compression on the fly directly from the original images in the DICOM archive. Lossy compression techniques, however, offer much more compact compression, and when properly used, do not introduce visible artifacts, even though the data is not preserved in exact form. |
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