TY - GEN
T1 - A distortion metric for the lossy compression of DNA microarray images
AU - Hernández-Cabronero, Miguel
AU - Sanchez, Victor
AU - Marcellin, Michael W.
AU - Serra-Sagristà, Joan
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - DNA microarrays are state-of-the-art tools in biological and medical research. In this work, we discuss the suitability of lossy compression for DNA microarray images and highlight the necessity for a distortion metric to assess the loss of relevant information. We also propose one possible metric that considers the basic image features employed by most DNA microarray analysis techniques. Experimental results indicate that the proposed metric can identify and differentiate important and unimportant changes in DNA microarray images.
AB - DNA microarrays are state-of-the-art tools in biological and medical research. In this work, we discuss the suitability of lossy compression for DNA microarray images and highlight the necessity for a distortion metric to assess the loss of relevant information. We also propose one possible metric that considers the basic image features employed by most DNA microarray analysis techniques. Experimental results indicate that the proposed metric can identify and differentiate important and unimportant changes in DNA microarray images.
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U2 - 10.1109/DCC.2013.26
DO - 10.1109/DCC.2013.26
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84881050891
SN - 9780769549651
T3 - Data Compression Conference Proceedings
SP - 171
EP - 180
BT - Proceedings - DCC 2013
T2 - 2013 Data Compression Conference, DCC 2013
Y2 - 20 March 2013 through 22 March 2013
ER -