Canadian teleradiology services provider Real Time Radiology of Mississauga, Ontario, has adopted guidelines for image compression developed by the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR).
Real Time Radiology began using the guidelines in a production environment on February 3, the company said. Images are compressed using a DICOM standards-based JPEG 2000 format upon receipt at the Real Time Radiology gateway, and are then stored, transmitted, and displayed according to the compression levels outlined by the CAR.
Real Time Radiology radiologists and producing sites have noticed improvements in exam transfer times without any degradation in image quality, the company said, adding that the CAR compression standards have enabled improvements in turnaround time for image-producing sites with limited bandwidth.
The CAR recently adopted the guidelines after conducting research to determine the appropriate level of lossy compression possible without affecting image quality.
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