some interesting applications for xvid and various filtering

[vinks]

Does anyone think if it's feasible to use xvid + some custom filter chains for developing cheap/fast/fairly reliable imaging equipment for medical research or anything similar to that (data aquistion, processing, storage and representation).

[-h]

If what you want to do is encode and decode video, XviD would be a possibility. As would any video codec.

Depending on the specific requirements though, you could do much better (i.e. drop more frames for a security camera, represent colour better by adding more U and V samples, etc.).

-h

[vinks]

yea, that is pretty much what i want to do, i want to filter out crap from my source, then do a fairly high quality encode of the translated data for storage onto a cd or on a network, the idea is to do it with a off the shelf pc with some simple electronics for collecting data.

basically i want to build a device that will collect data, process it, encode it and store it somewhere with cheap enough equipment (to cut down on costs of medical imaging equipment).

i havent put much thought to it, but it's something i want to do as a worthwhile final year project in bio physics.

[-h]

yea, that is pretty much what i want to do, i want to filter out crap from my source, then do a fairly high quality encode of the translated data for storage onto a cd or on a network, the idea is to do it with a off the shelf pc with some simple electronics for collecting data.

You have to define high quality. I recall medical imaging required very high quality (i.e. higher than 8-bit precision, usually 12-bit for greyscale).

-h

[vinks]

Originally posted by -h
You have to define high quality. I recall medical imaging required very high quality (i.e. higher than 8-bit precision, usually 12-bit for greyscale).

-h [/B]

thanks for the pointer, didn't think much about the precision needed, it looks like i will have to make out a budget and see what i can use that is affordable before i can decide on the precision that would be "affordable" before i go further with this idea.

[-h]

I wouldn't worry too much about your budget, just make sure you have your needs laid out first. It's easy to price something once you know what you want :)

If it's hard-core medical archiving, it's going to need some high-precision (but not necessarily high-cost) gear.

-h