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European Heart Journal 2000 21(8):679-686; doi:10.1053/euhj.1999.2101
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American College of Cardiology/ European Society of Cardiology international study of angiographic data compression phase II. The effects of varying JPEG data compression levels on the quantitative assessment of the degree of stenosis in digital coronary angiography

J.C Tuinenburga, G Koninga, E Hekkingb, A.H Zwindermanc, T Beckerd, R Simond and J.H.C Reibera,b,f1

a Division of Image Processing (LKEB), Department of Radiology, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
b Heart Core BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
c Department of Medical Statistics, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
d Medical Clinic, Department of Cardiology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany

revised June 1, 1999; accepted December 1, 1999

Abstract

Objectives This report describes whether lossy Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) image compression/decompression has an effect on the quantitative assessment of vessel sizes by state-of-the-art quantitative coronary arteriography (QCA).

Background The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) digital exchange standard for angiocardiography prescribes that images must be stored loss free, thereby limiting JPEG compression to a maximum ratio of 2:1. For practical purposes it would be desirable to increase the compression ratio (CR), which would lead to lossy image compression.

Methods A series of 48 obstructed coronary segments were compressed/decompressed at CR 1:1 (uncompressed), 6:1, 10:1 and 16:1 and analyzed blindly and in random order using the QCA-CMS analytical software. Similar catheter and vessel start- and end-points were used within each image quartet, respectively. All measurements were repeated after several weeks using newly selected start- and end-points. Three different sub-analyses were carried out: the intra-observer, fixed inter-compression and variable inter-compression analyses, with increasing potential error sources, respectively.

Results The intra-observer analysis showed significant systematic and random errors in the calibration factor at JPEG CR 10:1. The fixed inter-compression analysis demonstrated systematic errors in the calibration factor and recalculated vessel parameter results at CR 16:1 and for the random errors at CR 10:1 and 16:1. The variable inter-compression analysis presented systematic and random errors in the calibration factor and recalculated parameter results at CR 10:1 and 16:1. Any negative effect at CR 6:1 was found only for the calibration factor of the variable inter-compression analysis, which did not show up in the final vessel measurements.

Conclusions Compression ratios of 10:1 and 16:1 affected the QCA results negatively and therefore should not be used in clinical research studies.

f1 Correspondence: Prof.dr.ir. Johan H. C. Reiber, Division of Image Processing (LKEB), Department of Radiology, Building 1C2-S, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands, E-mail: hreiber@lkeb.azl.nl

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