Compression of medical images with HEVC intra prediction coding

HEVC which is the new image coding standard provides higher compression performance over the existing standards. In this study, compression of medical images is fulfilled with HEVC intra prediction method. The compressed images for storage or transmission purposes should not lose their required characteristics for the diagnosis after the recovery process. The recovered compressed images are evaluated by using the objective criteria of PSNR values. The experimental results are provided in the study.