COMPRESSION OF FUNDUS EYE IMAGES - IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSING

Image compression is crucial for most application procedures, providing quick loading and accelerating transmission [1-2]. In medical applications however it may reduce the diagnostic accuracy. Proper diagnosing procedures are essential for any methodological approach in the field of digital medical image analysis (comp. e.g.[3-4]). Below we report our preliminary studies dealing with the analysis of digital fundus eye images focusing on the effects of compression on the diagnostic quality. The problem is fundamental in our attempts to elaborate an efficient methodology for objective diagnosing based on the features of the fundus images [5-8].