This post delves into the capabilities of decoding DICOM medical images within AWS HealthImaging using the nvJPEG2000 library. We’ll guide you through the intricacies of image decoding, introduce you to AWS HealthImaging, and explore the advancements enabled by GPU-accelerated decoding solutions. Embarking on a journey to enhance throughput and reduce costs in deciphering medical images…
]]>JPEG 2000 (.jp2, .jpg2, .j2k) is an image compression standard defined by the Joint Photographers Expert Group (JPEG) as the more flexible successor to the still popular JPEG standard. Part 1 of the JPEG 2000 standard, which forms the core coding system, was first approved in August 2002. To date, the standard has expanded to 17 parts, covering areas like Motion JPEG2000 (Part 3) which extends the…
]]>According to surveys, the average person produces 1.2 trillion images that are captured by either a phone or a digital camera. The storage of such images, especially in high-resolution raw format, uses lots of memory. JPEG refers to the Joint Photographic Experts Group, which celebrated its 25th birthday in 2017. The JPEG standard specifies the codec, which defines how an image is compressed…
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