Study on an Image Reconstruction Algorithm for 3D Cartilage OCT Images (A Preliminary Study)

3차원 연골 광간섭 단층촬영 이미지들에 대한 영상 재구성 알고리듬 연구

  • Ho, Dong-Su (The Clinical Trial Center for Bio-Industry at Semyung University) ;
  • Kim, Ee-Hwa (The Clinical Trial Center for Bio-Industry at Semyung University) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Min (The Clinical Trial Center for Bio-Industry at Semyung University) ;
  • Kim, Beop-Min (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Korea University)
  • 호동수 (세명대학교 한방바이오산업 임상지원센터) ;
  • 김이화 (세명대학교 한방바이오산업 임상지원센터) ;
  • 김용민 (세명대학교 한방바이오산업 임상지원센터) ;
  • 김법민 (고려대학교 의공학과)
  • Published : 2009.06.30

Abstract

Recently, optical coherence tomography (OCT) has demonstrated considerable promise for the noninvasive assessment of biological tissues. However, OCT images difficult to analyze due to speckle noise. In this paper, we tested various image processing techniques for speckle removal of human and rabbit cartilage OCT images. Also, we distinguished the images which get with methods of image segmentation for OCT images, and found the most suitable method for segmenting an image. And, we selected image segmentation suitable for OCT before image reconstruction. OCT was a weak point to system design and image processing. It was a limit owing to measure small a distance and depth size. So, good edge matching algorithms are important for image reconstruction. This paper presents such an algorithm, the chamfer matching algorithm. It is made of background for 3D image reconstruction. The purpose of this paper is to describe good image processing techniques for speckle removal, image segmentation, and the 3D reconstruction of cartilage OCT images.

최근에 광간섭 단층촬영은 생물학적 조직을 비 침습적으로 이미지를 얻는데 많이 사용되고 있다. 그러나, 광간섭 단층촬영은 노이즈 때문에 해석하는데 아직까지는 어려움을 갖고 있다. 본 논문에서는 인체와 토끼의 연골 이미지들의 이미지에서 잡음을 제거하는 다양한 영상처리 기술을 적용해 보았다. 또한 광간섭 단층촬영으로 얻은 이미지들을 영상 분할 방법을 통해 얻고자 하는 부위를 구별 하였으며 대부분의 이미지들이 영상분할 알고리즘에 적합함을 볼 수 있었다. 그리고, 광간섭 단층영상에 적합한 영상분할 방법을 선택한 후 영상을 재구성 하였다. 광간섭 단층촬영은 작은 깊이와 거리에 제한을 가지고 있기 때문에 영상처리장치에 단점을 가지고 있다. 광간섭 이미지가 매우 작은 공간에서 이루어 짐으로 같은 지역의 영상을 재구성 하기는 어려운 점이 있다. 그래서, 광간섭 단층영상 재구성을 할 때 좋은 매칭 알고리즘 방법이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 챔퍼 매칭 알고리즘을 사용하여 재구성 하였다. 본 연구에서는 OCT 연골 이미지를 얻어 노이즈 제거, 영상 분할, 3D 광간섭 단층 영상을 재구성 할 수 있었다.

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