Philips announces digital pathology scanner with native DICOM JPEG XL output

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Post by ksec » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 8:00 PM UTC

Philips announces digital pathology scanner with native DICOM JPEG XL output
philips.com

Re: Philips announces digital pathology scanner with native DICOM JPEG XL output

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Post by formerly_proven » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 8:10 PM UTC

WebP artifacts not pathological enough?

Re: Philips announces digital pathology scanner with native DICOM JPEG XL output

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Post by sandGorgon » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 8:11 PM UTC

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/support-jpeg-xl/idi-p/1...

vote for this feature to be natively supported in browsers

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Post by Vinnl » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 8:17 PM UTC

sandGorgon wrote: post #3

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/support-jpeg-xl/idi-p/1... vote for this feature to be natively supported in browsers

It's already under consideration but needs some work first: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/pull/1064

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Post by CharlesW » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 8:18 PM UTC

sandGorgon wrote: post #3

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/support-jpeg-xl/idi-p/1... vote for this feature to be natively supported in browsers

It's nice to see Safari lead the pack: https://caniuse.com/jpegxl

Re: Philips announces digital pathology scanner with native DICOM JPEG XL output

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Post by righthand » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 8:21 PM UTC

Vinnl wrote: post #4

sandGorgon wrote: post #3

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/support-jpeg-xl/idi-p/1... vote for this feature to be natively supported in browsers

It's already under consideration but needs some work first: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/pull/1064

Strange that Mozilla is going to rely on an internal team at Google to build a decoder for them in Rust, when Google is the one trying to kill JPEGXL.

Re: Philips announces digital pathology scanner with native DICOM JPEG XL output

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Post by avalys » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 8:28 PM UTC

Can someone comment on what is newsworthy about this?

Re: Philips announces digital pathology scanner with native DICOM JPEG XL output

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Post by kangalioo » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 8:30 PM UTC

avalys wrote: post #7

Can someone comment on what is newsworthy about this?

Someone using JPEGXL in a real world product

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Post by ThrowawayTestr » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 8:30 PM UTC

avalys wrote: post #7

Can someone comment on what is newsworthy about this?

A medical device that outputs a standard image format instead of proprietary garbage

Re: Philips announces digital pathology scanner with native DICOM JPEG XL output

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Post by kiicia » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 8:31 PM UTC

avalys wrote: post #7

Can someone comment on what is newsworthy about this?

JPEG XL is alive despite google trying their best to kill it and is used to treat cancer