Dual technique compression
Systems and methods for ensuring that images are compressed in a format that may be decompressed at a speed that is acceptable to a particular user and/or viewing environment are disclosed herein.
1. A method comprising:
accessing, by a computing device including one or more computer processors configured with computer executable instructions, an image compressed using a first compression technique;
determining, by the computing device, a threshold decompression speed of the image compressed using the first compression technique, wherein the threshold decompression speed is determined based on a viewing speed of a user;
determining, by the computing device, whether the first compression technique provides at least the threshold decompression speed; and
in response to determining that the first compression technique does not provide at least the threshold decompression speed:
determining, by the computing device, a second compression technique that does provide at least the threshold decompression speed;
recompressing, by the computing device, the image using the second compression technique; and
initiating, by the computing device, storage of the image compressed using the second compression technique in an electronic memory.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold decompression speed is further determined based on at least one of:
a type of a computing device, a processor speed of a computing device, video capabilities of a computing device, decompression capabilities of a computing device, another characteristic of a computing device, historical viewing speeds of a user, a modality of the image, a size of the image, a slice thickness represented in the image, one or more anatomical structures represented in the image, a color depth of the image, or a bit depth of the image.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the threshold decompression speed is determined further based on a preference of a user.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the preference of the user indicates a preference for a modality or a clinical indication.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising: further in response to determining that the first compression technique does not provide at least the threshold decompression speed:
decompressing the image before recompression the image using the second compression technique.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
in response to determining that the first compression technique does provide at least the threshold decompression speed:
initiating, by the computing device, storage of the image compressed using the first compression technique in an electronic memory.
7. A computing system comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing software instructions; and
one or more hardware processors configured to execute the software instructions in order to cause the computing system to:
access an image compressed using a first compression technique;
determine a threshold decompression speed of the image compressed using the first compression technique, wherein the threshold decompression speed is determined based on a viewing speed of a user;
determine whether the first compression technique provides at least the threshold decompression speed; and
in response to determining that the first compression technique does not provide at least the threshold decompression speed:
determine a second compression technique that does provide at least the threshold decompression speed;
recompress the image using the second compression technique; and
initiate storage of the image compressed using the second compression technique in an electronic memory.
8. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein the threshold decompression speed is further determined based on at least one of:
a type of a computing device, a processor speed of a computing device, video capabilities of a computing device, decompression capabilities of a computing device, another characteristic of a computing device, historical viewing speeds of a user, a modality of the image, a size of the image, a slice thickness represented in the image, one or more anatomical structures represented in the image, a color depth of the image, or a bit depth of the image.
9. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the threshold decompression speed is determined further based on a preference of a user.
10. The computing system of claim 9 , wherein the preference of the user indicates a preference for a modality or a clinical indication.
11. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to execute the software instructions in order to cause the computing system to:
further in response to determining that the first compression technique does not provide at least the threshold decompression speed:
decompress the image before recompression the image using the second compression technique.
12. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to execute the software instructions in order to cause the computing system to: in response to determining that the first compression technique does provide at least the threshold decompression speed:
initiate storage of the image compressed using the first compression technique in an electronic memory.
13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:
access an image compressed using a first compression technique;
determine a threshold decompression speed of the image compressed using the first compression technique;
determine whether the first compression technique provides at least the threshold decompression speed, wherein the threshold decompression speed is determined based on a viewing speed of a user; and
in response to determining that the first compression technique does not provide at least the threshold decompression speed:
determine a second compression technique that does provide at least the threshold decompression speed;
recompress the image using the second compression technique; and
initiate storage of the image compressed using the second compression technique in an electronic memory.
14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the threshold decompression speed is further determined based on at least one of:
a type of a computing device, a processor speed of a computing device, video capabilities of a computing device, decompression capabilities of a computing device, another characteristic of a computing device, historical viewing speeds of a user, a modality of the image, a size of the image, a slice thickness represented in the image, one or more anatomical structures represented in the image, a color depth of the image, or a bit depth of the image.
15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the threshold decompression speed is determined further based on a preference of a user.
16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the preference of the user indicates a preference for a modality or a clinical indication.
17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the program instructions are executable by one or more processors to further cause the one or more processors to:
further in response to determining that the first compression technique does not provide at least the threshold decompression speed:
decompress the image before recompression the image using the second compression technique.
18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the program instructions are executable by one or more processors to further cause the one or more processors to:
in response to determining that the first compression technique does provide at least the threshold decompression speed:
initiate storage of the image compressed using the first compression technique in an electronic memory.