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Table 1 Medically acceptable compression ratios

From: Usability of irreversible image compression in radiological imaging. A position paper by the European Society of Radiology (ESR)

 

UK

Canada JPEG

Canada J2K

Germany

Radiography - chest

10

30

30

10

Radiography - skeletal

10

30

20

10

Radiography - body

10

30

30

10

Radiography - pediatric

 

30

30

 

Radiography - mammo

20

25

25

15

CT - head

5

12

8

5

CT – skeleton/chest/lung

5

15

15

8

CT - body

 

15

10

10

CT - angio

 

15

15

 

CT - pediatric

 

15

15

 

MR

5

24

24

7

NM

 

11

11

 

US

10

12

12

 

XA

10

  

6

XRF

   

6

Images for RT planning

None

   
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