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Accusoft provides a full spectrum of document, content and imaging solutions as fully supported, enterprise-grade, best-in-class client-server applications, mobile apps, cloud services and software development kits (SDKs). The company’s HTML5 viewing technology is available to the enterprise as PrizmDoc, in cloud-based SaaS versions, and in a version optimized for SharePoint integration.
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PICTools Medical
Advanced medical imaging technology
Windows LINUX
Considered the best supported and most advanced in the industry, PICTools Medical image compression libraries
are relied upon within leading PACS, teleradiology, ultrasound, and cardiology applications. This software develop-
ment kit (SDK) enhances still image and video medical imaging applications.
The PICTools Medical SDK contains high performance C libraries providing the fastest compression and decom-
pression engines available. It offers both lossy and lossless DICOM-compliant formats, including 8-bit and 16-bit
grayscale, and provides control over image manipulation, compression, decompression, and conversion.
File Format and Codestream - Part 1
• Continuous tone compression (1-bit to 24-bit)
• Provides lossy and lossless compression
3D Volumetric Encoding - Part 2
• Compress and decompress in accordance with
the DICOM standard
• Supports both lossy and lossless modes,
JPEG 2000 raw codestream, and JPX format
• Supports 24-bit RGB, 8 to 16-bit grayscale
Multithreading
• User-configurable number of threads to optimize
performance on multicore CPUs
JPIP - Part 9
• Design and build a JPEG 2000 JPIP implementation
• Speed up network viewing of user selectable
resolutions and areas of interest
• Provides JPIP APIs for client and server, JPEG 2000
compliant compression and decompression, and
JPIP request and receive
• The PICTools JPIP libraries were used to create many
of the image streams in the ISO Part 4 interoperability
reference test suite
Transcoder
• Allows many operations without decompressing and
recompressing images, eliminating generational loss
• Change the number of layers, file size, compression
rate, overall quality, convert lossless to lossy,
re-encode for JPIP transmission, and extract
encoded thumbnails
32-bit/64-bit
Solaris
IBM AIX
LOSSLESS JPEG
• Addresses the medical industry need for compression that
is non-destructive
• Provides fast compression for video performance and is
ideal for cardiology and ultrasound applications
• Supports 24-bit RGB, 8 to 16-bit grayscale data
LOSSY JPEG
• Complete control over luminance, chrominance, and
sub-sampling compression parameters
• High-speed 1/4, 1/16, 1/64 thumbnail
decompression support
• Enhanced decompression minimizes JPEG block artifacts
• CMYK, YUV, RGB, 8-bit and 12-bit grayscale support
JPEG-LS
• Provides excellent lossless or constrained-loss
compression performance
• Decompression support for non-standard, improperly
compressed JLS images
• Supports single component 2 to 16-bit grayscale images
• Supports multiple component 24-bit (RGB) images
JPEG XR
• Provides support for fully standards based JPEG XR
• Features lossy and lossless compression, multiple
colorspaces, a wide dynamic range, and extensive
metadata support
• Performance optimized
• A still image compression algorithm for continuous
tone photographic images
• Supports multiple subsampling
settings, including familiar
medical settings of 4:2:2
and 4:2:0 with cosited and
centered options
Image compression and decompression is faster and
more effective using a standards-compliant Accusoft
software development kit (SDK). When you’re build-
ing software to handle medical images and DICOM files,
start here. We support multiple image formats on vari-
ous operating systems.
JPEG 2000
Accusoft offers commercially supported JPEG 2000 libraries to
augment medical imaging application development. Currently
used by medical imaging clients worldwide, it has proven to be
ideal for large images in lossy or lossless mode.
COMPRESSION
4001 N Riverside Drive
Tampa, FL 33603
+1 813.875.7575
info@accusoft.com
Download Trials at
accusoft.com
PICVideo
The fastest video codec
M-JPEG Codec
• The only M-JPEG codec optimized for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
• Used in video editing applications because it describes each individual frame completely
• Includes Microsoft Video for Windows interface
• Includes Microsoft DirectShow Transform Filter interface
Source
Image
Parameters
Lossy
JPEG
Lossy
J2K*
Lossy
JPEG XR
JPEG
Lossless
J2K
Lossless
JPEG-LS
Lossless
Lossless
JPEG XR
512 x 512
8-bit gray
256 KB
Compress Time (ms) 1 11 7 3 18 15 11
Size (KB) 20 20 20 119 97 91 104
Compression Ratio 13.1:1 13.2:1 13.2:1 2.2:1 2.7:1 2.9:1 2.5:1
Decompress Time (ms) 1 5 5 1 14 14 8
PSNR 44.4 45.8 45.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2048 x 2048
8-bit gray
4,974 KB
Compress Time (ms) 27 138 101 46 253 238 176
Size (KB) 263 263 260 1,809 1,425 1,365 1,550
Compression Ratio 16:1 15.9:1 16.2:1 2.3:1 2.9:1 3.1:1 2.7:1
Decompress Time (ms) 11 52 66 30 196 226 120
PSNR 45.3 46.2 46.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A
512 x 512
12-bit gray
512 KB
Compress Time (ms) 13 30 N/A 5 34 20 N/A
Size (KB) 106 106 N/A 244 214 214 N/A
Compression Ratio 4.9:1 4.9:1 N/A 2.1:1 2.5:1 2.5:1 N/A
Decompress Time (ms) 2 16 N/A 3 27 18 N/A
PSNR 57.7 63.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2048 x 2048
12-bit gray
9,948 KB
Compress Time (ms) 35 469 N/A 70 535 304 N/A
Size (KB) 1,707 1,707 N/A 3,778 3,424 3,354 N/A
Compression Ratio 4.9:1 4.9:1 N/A 2.2:1 2.4:1 2.5:1 N/A
Decompress Time (ms) 35 241 N/A 34 405 279 N/A
PSNR 57.4 62.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2048 x 2048
16-bit gray
9,948 KB
Compress Time (ms) N/A 577 198 92 821 365 206
Size (KB) N/A 2,274 2,274 5,788 5,535 5,385 5,517
Compression Ratio N/A 3.7:1 3.7:1 1.4:1 1.5:1 1.6:1 1.5:1
Decompress Time (ms) N/A 294 139 62 591 310 143
PSNR N/A 68.9 68.7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
*For ease of comparison, the lossy J2K images were compressed to Lossy JPEG compression ratio. All times measured using 32-bit Intel.
PICTools Medical Compression File Size and Speed Comparison Chart
Windows Codec
accusoft.com
PICTools Medical
Advanced medical imaging technology
Windows LINUX
Considered the best supported and most advanced in the industry, PICTools Medical image compression libraries
are relied upon within leading PACS, teleradiology, ultrasound, and cardiology applications. This software develop-
ment kit (SDK) enhances still image and video medical imaging applications.
The PICTools Medical SDK contains high performance C libraries providing the fastest compression and decom-
pression engines available. It offers both lossy and lossless DICOM-compliant formats, including 8-bit and 16-bit
grayscale, and provides control over image manipulation, compression, decompression, and conversion.
File Format and Codestream - Part 1
• Continuous tone compression (1-bit to 24-bit)
• Provides lossy and lossless compression
3D Volumetric Encoding - Part 2
• Compress and decompress in accordance with
the DICOM standard
• Supports both lossy and lossless modes,
JPEG 2000 raw codestream, and JPX format
• Supports 24-bit RGB, 8 to 16-bit grayscale
Multithreading
• User-configurable number of threads to optimize
performance on multicore CPUs
JPIP - Part 9
• Design and build a JPEG 2000 JPIP implementation
• Speed up network viewing of user selectable
resolutions and areas of interest
• Provides JPIP APIs for client and server, JPEG 2000
compliant compression and decompression, and
JPIP request and receive
• The PICTools JPIP libraries were used to create many
of the image streams in the ISO Part 4 interoperability
reference test suite
Transcoder
• Allows many operations without decompressing and
recompressing images, eliminating generational loss
• Change the number of layers, file size, compression
rate, overall quality, convert lossless to lossy,
re-encode for JPIP transmission, and extract
encoded thumbnails
32-bit/64-bit
Solaris
IBM AIX
LOSSLESS JPEG
• Addresses the medical industry need for compression that
is non-destructive
• Provides fast compression for video performance and is
ideal for cardiology and ultrasound applications
• Supports 24-bit RGB, 8 to 16-bit grayscale data
LOSSY JPEG
• Complete control over luminance, chrominance, and
sub-sampling compression parameters
• High-speed 1/4, 1/16, 1/64 thumbnail
decompression support
• Enhanced decompression minimizes JPEG block artifacts
• CMYK, YUV, RGB, 8-bit and 12-bit grayscale support
JPEG-LS
• Provides excellent lossless or constrained-loss
compression performance
• Decompression support for non-standard, improperly
compressed JLS images
• Supports single component 2 to 16-bit grayscale images
• Supports multiple component 24-bit (RGB) images
JPEG XR
• Provides support for fully standards based JPEG XR
• Features lossy and lossless compression, multiple
colorspaces, a wide dynamic range, and extensive
metadata support
• Performance optimized
• A still image compression algorithm for continuous
tone photographic images
• Supports multiple subsampling
settings, including familiar
medical settings of 4:2:2
and 4:2:0 with cosited and
centered options
Image compression and decompression is faster and
more effective using a standards-compliant Accusoft
software development kit (SDK). When you’re build-
ing software to handle medical images and DICOM files,
start here. We support multiple image formats on vari-
ous operating systems.
JPEG 2000
Accusoft offers commercially supported JPEG 2000 libraries to
augment medical imaging application development. Currently
used by medical imaging clients worldwide, it has proven to be
ideal for large images in lossy or lossless mode.
COMPRESSION
4001 N Riverside Drive
Tampa, FL 33603
+1 813.875.7575
info@accusoft.com
Download Trials at
accusoft.com
PICVideo
The fastest video codec
M-JPEG Codec
• The only M-JPEG codec optimized for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
• Used in video editing applications because it describes each individual frame completely
• Includes Microsoft Video for Windows interface
• Includes Microsoft DirectShow Transform Filter interface
Source
Image
Parameters
Lossy
JPEG
Lossy
J2K*
Lossy
JPEG XR
JPEG
Lossless
J2K
Lossless
JPEG-LS
Lossless
Lossless
JPEG XR
512 x 512
8-bit gray
256 KB
Compress Time (ms) 1 11 7 3 18 15 11
Size (KB) 20 20 20 119 97 91 104
Compression Ratio 13.1:1 13.2:1 13.2:1 2.2:1 2.7:1 2.9:1 2.5:1
Decompress Time (ms) 1 5 5 1 14 14 8
PSNR 44.4 45.8 45.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2048 x 2048
8-bit gray
4,974 KB
Compress Time (ms) 27 138 101 46 253 238 176
Size (KB) 263 263 260 1,809 1,425 1,365 1,550
Compression Ratio 16:1 15.9:1 16.2:1 2.3:1 2.9:1 3.1:1 2.7:1
Decompress Time (ms) 11 52 66 30 196 226 120
PSNR 45.3 46.2 46.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A
512 x 512
12-bit gray
512 KB
Compress Time (ms) 13 30 N/A 5 34 20 N/A
Size (KB) 106 106 N/A 244 214 214 N/A
Compression Ratio 4.9:1 4.9:1 N/A 2.1:1 2.5:1 2.5:1 N/A
Decompress Time (ms) 2 16 N/A 3 27 18 N/A
PSNR 57.7 63.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2048 x 2048
12-bit gray
9,948 KB
Compress Time (ms) 35 469 N/A 70 535 304 N/A
Size (KB) 1,707 1,707 N/A 3,778 3,424 3,354 N/A
Compression Ratio 4.9:1 4.9:1 N/A 2.2:1 2.4:1 2.5:1 N/A
Decompress Time (ms) 35 241 N/A 34 405 279 N/A
PSNR 57.4 62.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2048 x 2048
16-bit gray
9,948 KB
Compress Time (ms) N/A 577 198 92 821 365 206
Size (KB) N/A 2,274 2,274 5,788 5,535 5,385 5,517
Compression Ratio N/A 3.7:1 3.7:1 1.4:1 1.5:1 1.6:1 1.5:1
Decompress Time (ms) N/A 294 139 62 591 310 143
PSNR N/A 68.9 68.7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
*For ease of comparison, the lossy J2K images were compressed to Lossy JPEG compression ratio. All times measured using 32-bit Intel.
PICTools Medical Compression File Size and Speed Comparison Chart
Windows Codec