JPIP (JPEG 2000 Interactive Protocol) is a compression streamlining protocol that works with

JPEG 2000 JPEG 2000 (JP2) is an image compression standard and coding system. It was developed from 1997 to 2000 by a Joint Photographic Experts Group committee chaired by Touradj Ebrahimi (later the JPEG president), with the intention of superseding the ...

to produce an image using the least bandwidth required. It can be very useful for medical and environmental awareness purposes, among others, and many implementations of it are currently being produced, including the

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camera's pictures, among others. JPIP has the capacity to download only the requested part of a picture, saving bandwidth, computer processing on both ends, and time. It allows for the relatively quick viewing of a large image in low resolution, as well as a higher resolution part of the same image. Using JPIP, it is possible to view large images (1 gigapixel) on relatively light weight hardware such as PDAs.

Healthcare Applications of JPIP

JPIP helps address the growing need to access medical images fast while enabling interoperability in clinical and radiological system. Typical healthcare applications for JPIP streaming include teleradiology,

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and

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. One of the world's leaders in incorporating JPIP is

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where they are developing nationwide access to diagnostic imaging in electronic health records.

Interoperability using JPIP

JPIP is a client/server communication protocol defined in Part 9 of the JPEG2000 suite of standards, (ISO/IEC 15444-9). It is a transfer syntax in

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, adopted in Supplement 106. Some proprietary software incorporates streaming but DICOM supplement 106 stipulates JPIP as the only transfer syntax method by which to stream medical images in a DICOM conformant manner.

References

Overview of JPEG 2000
jpeg.org

* ttp://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-T.808/en JPEG 2000 Interactive Protocol (Part 9 - JPIP) - ITU-T T.808
CADISoftware
— an Open Source implementation of the JPIP protocol

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