“Objective Quality Metric Design For Wireless Image and Video Communication” International Journal of Information Technology and Management IT & Management Ignited Minds Journals Internationally Indexed, Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals Read / Download More Articles Lossless image compression is needed for applications that cannot tolerate any degradation of original imagery data, e.g., medical applications such as mammography, angiography, and x-rays. It is essential that the decompressed image does not contain any degradation in quality, since it could lead to misdiagnosis and health injury. Satellite or geographical map images are another case where distortion caused by compression cannot be tolerated.