com.pixelmed.dicom
Class LossyImageCompression

java.lang.Object
  com.pixelmed.dicom.LossyImageCompression

public class LossyImageCompression
extends Object

A class to categorize DICOM images as having been lossy compressed or not.

Constructor Summary

LossyImageCompression()

Method Summary

static String	describeLossyCompression(AttributeList list) Describe the nature of lossy compressed that has ever been applied to an image.
static boolean	hasEverBeenLossyCompressed(AttributeList list) determine if an image has ever been lossy compressed.
static void	main(String[] arg) Read a DICOM image input file, and determine if it has ever been lossy compressed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LossyImageCompression

public LossyImageCompression()

Method Detail

hasEverBeenLossyCompressed

public static boolean hasEverBeenLossyCompressed(AttributeList list)

determine if an image has ever been lossy compressed.

Parameters:

list - list of attributes representing a DICOM image

Returns:

true if has ever been lossy compressed

describeLossyCompression

public static String describeLossyCompression(AttributeList list)

Describe the nature of lossy compressed that has ever been applied to an image.

Parameters:

list - list of attributes representing a DICOM image

Returns:

a string describing the compression, including method and ratio if possible, or a zero length string if never lossy compressed

main

public static void main(String[] arg)

Read a DICOM image input file, and determine if it has ever been lossy compressed.

Parameters:

arg - one required parameters, the input file name