Evaluation of image compression in 3D PTV

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Contributors

  • H. Stuer - , ETH Zurich (Author)
  • J. Willneff - , ETH Zurich (Author)
  • H. G. Maas - , ETH Zurich (Author)

Abstract

The evaluation of the suitability of image compression techniques to 3D PTV images is motivated by a conflict between the bandwidth of data transfer and storage systems and the requirements concerning spatial and temporal resolution of 3D PTV data. In this paper the possibilities of lossless compression are outlined and the influence of lossy JPEG and Wavelet algorithm to PTV particle images is displayed. It is shown that JPEG and Wavelet compression technique have almost the same impact to particle images; both techniques can be used up to a compression ratio of 10 in special cases up to 20. For the lossless case a compression ratio of 5 can be reached with image preprocessing.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)228-238
Number of pages11
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume3641
Publication statusPublished - 1998
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

Conference

TitleProceedings of the 1999 Conference on Videometrics VI
Duration28 - 29 January 1999
CitySan Jose, CA, USA