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Gaussian Noise Reduction Method using Adaptive Total Variation : Application to Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Dental Image  

Kim, Joong-Hyuk (Department of Medical Engineering, College of Medicine, Yonsei University)
Kim, Jung-Chae (Department of Medical Engineering, College of Medicine, Yonsei University)
Kim, Kee-Deog (Department of Advanced General Dentistry, Yonsei University College of Dentistry)
Yoo, Sun-K. (Department of Medical Engineering, College of Medicine, Yonsei University)
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The noise generated in the process of obtaining the medical image acts as the element obstructing the image interpretation and diagnosis. To restore the true image from the image polluted from the noise, the total variation optimization algorithm was proposed by the R.O. F (L.Rudin, S Osher, E. Fatemi). This method removes the noise by fitting the balance of the regularity and fidelity. However, the blurring phenomenon of the border area generated in the process of performing the iterative operation cannot be avoided. In this paper, we propose the adaptive total variation method by mapping the control parameter to the proposed transfer function for minimizing boundary error. The proposed transfer function is determined by the noise variance and the local property of the image. The proposed method was applied to 464 tooth images. To evaluate proposed method performance, PSNR which is a indicator of signal and noise's signal power ratio was used. The experimental results show that the proposed method has better performance than other methods.
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총변이 최적화 방법;제어 파라미터;잡음 제거;적응형 총변이 방법;
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