... compression, storage and communication, and introduces related standards such as JPEG, DICOM, and HL-7.Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) aredescribed and techniques for preprocessing ... visualization, and virtual endo-scopy are discussed in detail, and applications are illustrated intwo and three dimensions.VI Compression, Storage, and CommunicationCompression, storage, and communication ... the pixel, and m and n de®ne the position of thepixel along a pair of orthogonal axes usually de®ned ashorizontal and vertical. We shall assume that the image has Mrows and N columns and that...