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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2011.15.7.1583

A Study on Stereo Visualization of the X-ray Scanned Image Based on Volume Reconstruction  

Lee, Nam-Ho (한국원자력연구원)
Park, Soon-Yong (경북대학교)
Hwang, Young-Gwan (한국원자력연구원)
Park, Jong-Won (한국해양연구원)
Lim, Yong-Gon (한국해양연구원)
Abstract
As the existing radiation scanning systems use 2-dimensional radiation scanned images, the low accuracy has been pointed out as a problem of it. This research analyzes the applicability of the stereo image processing technique to X-ray scanned images. Two 2-dimensional radiation images which have different disparity values are acquired from a newly designed stereo image acquisition system which has one additional line sensor to the conventional system. Using a matching algorithm the 3D reconstruction process which find the correspondence between the images is progressed. As the radiation image is just a density information of the scanned object, the direct application of the general stereo image processing techniques to it is inefficient. To overcome this limitation of a stereo image processing in radiation area, we reconstruct 3-D shapes of the edges of the objects. Also, we proposed a new volume based 3D reconstruction algorithm. Experimental results show the proposed new volume based reconstruction technique can provide more efficient visualization for cargo inspection. The proposed technique can be used for such objects which CT or MRI cannot inspect due to restricted scan environment.
Keywords
Stereo; X-ray; Image; Cargo; Inspection;
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