I know this is an ancient discussion, but... aye, there is definitely still
interest in JPEG2000 after all these years, and there is still no native Go
library for them.
It's not only DICOM medical imaging that uses JPEG2000. It's also things
like Second Life — where *all* textures are stored as JPEG2000 files.
JPEG2000 has this uncommon advantage of being able to store the same image
in different sizes, the smallest/lowest resolution first... which make them
ideal for virtual worlds where content is *not* downloaded in advance, but
rather via streaming. That way, a full scene can be rendered with an
approximation of the finished version very quickly, with all the low-rez
variations being downloaded in a pinch (JPEG2000's compression also helps a
lot), while the higher-rez versions can be downloaded slowly, as the user
manifests their interest in examining something in detail.
Obviously, there are many ways of accomplishing the same results — storing
separate files for each dimension/resolution, for instance — but JPEG2000
has the advantage of doing it all inside the *same* container.
So, sure, it's still a very relevant format with plenty of niche
applications; a pity it's being left behind in favour of AVIF and
newer-generation solutions. I have no idea how you can replicate the same
in other types of containers, though. I can imagine that you *could*, in
theory, do it using Targa TGA extensions, or possibly even in TIFF — both
of wish also becoming obsolete very, very fast.
JPEG2000 is something curious in the history of graphic file formats: it
addressed quite a lot of issues with existing contemporary formats,
introduced new forms of containers for images, and offered much higher
compression — even lossless compression — of higher-quality/resolution
images than the 'original' JPEG format. It's even supposed to support
animated frames, and who knows what else. Its biggest disadvantage, as
always, is related to the *legal* issues in encoding or decoding JPEG2000
images by reverse-engineering the implementation used by the original
libraries — since they all rely on tons of patents from different companies
in the consortium....
Anyway, just my $.02: I suppose that this will *never* become a reality —
mostly because we have so many alternative formats already...
— Gwyn
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