Medical Imagery Tailored HEVC (MITH)

DHP is seeking new image compression technologies that will retain diagnostic quality and reduce the burden of digital medical image transmission on the militarys tactical networks.ATA is proposing to tailor the latest state-of-the-art commercial image compression algorithm, the Main Still Picture Profile of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard, for medical imagery.HEVC has been shown to exceed the compression performance of existing compression algorithms commonly used for medical imagery by 44%.With this considerable performance gain as a starting point, ATA will tailor the HEVC image compression algorithm for medical imagery to achieve a 30:1 compression ratio while retaining diagnostic quality.ATAs innovative Medical Imagery Tailored HEVC (MITH) CODEC will be a sound entropic compression algorithm with built-in quality control and image enhancement to ensure diagnostic quality while maximizing compression.In addition, ATAs innovative compression solution will include novel features to further optimize the compression of medical imagery in terms of both compression ratio and quality.The development of such technologies will support and maintain the medical communitys robust telemedicine capability in military operational medicine missions without jeopardizing missions of the military operational force.