Abstract—This paper describes an echocardiogram coding method that takes into account the visualization modes in order tocompressefficientlytheechocardiogram,amethodologytoevaluate compressed echocardiograms, and the evaluation of the compression method using the proposed evaluation methodology. The compressionmethodtakesadvantageoftheparticularcharacteristicsofeachvisualizationmodeandusesdi…