METHOD OF COMPRESSING AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE
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May 29, 2008
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Jun 29, 2007
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Jun 30, 2006
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Embodiments of the present invention may provide a method of compressing an ultrasound image. The method of compressing ultrasound images by coding pixel values of the ultrasound images with a Huffman table, comprises: a) receiving consecutive ultrasound images each having a plurality of pixels; b) determining characteristics of the pixels of the ultrasound images; c) updating the Huffman table based on the characteristics of the pixels of first to (n-1).sup.th ultrasound images, wherein n is an integer greater than 1; and d) coding the pixels of an n.sup.th ultrasound image with the updated Huffman table.
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