• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.651-654
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• 2003

화질개선 알고리즘에 있어서 빠른 처리시간을 가지는 알고리즘들은 영상의 질을 개선하기만 할 뿐 영상의 강조처리는 하지 않는 단점이 있고, 강조된 영상을 얻는 알고리즘의 경우에는 화질의 처기에 비례하여 많은 처리 시간을 필요로 하는 단점이 있다. 본 연구는 다양한 방법으로 촬영되는 영상에 있어서 근소한 화소의 차이로 인해 사람의 눈으로는 식별이 불가능한 영상을 개선하여 육안으로 식별하게 하거나, 영상의 본래 활용 목적에 부합하도록 개선하는 방법이다 이는 영상을 보기 좋게 하거나, 부드러운 영상을 얻는 것이 아니고 보다 뚜렷하게 강조된 영상을 얻기 위해 연구되었다. 이에 대한 새로운 알고리즘으로 히스토그램 재분배에 의한 화질 개선 방법을 제안한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.361-363
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• 2013

비파괴 검사란 재료나 제품을 원형과 기능에 변화를 주지 않고 실시하여 원하는 정보를 획득할 수 있는 검사를 의미한다. 비파괴검사는 점검자의 육안 조사를 통한 수작업으로 이루어지고 있기 때문에 점검자의 주관이 개입되며, 점검자에 따라 검사 결과의 차이가 있을 수 있으므로 신뢰도의 차이가 발생하게 된다. 그러므로 본 논문에서는 비파괴 검사를 이용하여 획득한 세라믹 소재 영상에서 효율적으로 결함을 검출하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 세라믹 소재 영상에 가우시안 필터링 기법을 적용하여 잡음을 제거하고, Ends-in Search Stretching 기법을 적용하여 명암 대비를 강조한다. 명암 대비가 강조된 영상에 샤프닝 기법을 적용하여 윤곽선을 강조한다. 윤곽선이 강조된 영상에 $3{\times}3 $ Roberts 마스크를 적용하여 강조된 윤곽선을 추출하고, Glassfire 기법을 적용하여 라벨링한 후, 시그마 퍼지 이진화 기법과 형태학적 정보를 이용하여 잡음을 제거하고 결함 영역을 검출한다. 제안된 방법을 세라믹 소재 영상을 대상으로 실험한 결과, 효율적으로 결함을 검출하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.149-154
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to examine the usefulness of diffusion weighted images in breast MRI by performing a quantitative comparative analysis in patients diagnosed with DCIS. On a 3.0T MR scanner, diffusion weighted images and ADC map images were obtained from 20 patients histologically diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). The findings from the quantitative image analysis are the following: The diffusion weighted images showed higher SNR and CNR at the lesion area. In addition, the ADC values were lower at the lesion area.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.200-207
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• 2014

Purpose : We evaluated the diagnostic value of susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) for the detection of developmental venous anomaly (DVA). Materials and Methods: Retrospective review of 1068 brain MR examinations found 28 DVAs in 28 patients (2.6%) on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images. SWI, T2, and FLAIR images of 28 patients with DVA and 28 sex- and age-matched control patients without DVA were analyzed by blinded readers on each type of sequences. All images were independently reviewed by two radiologists who were blinded to other MR imaging finding. In cases of discrepancy, two reviewers reached a consensus later. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of each MR sequence for the detection of DVA were determined. Statistical analysis was performed by using the Mcnemar test. The significance level was p < 0.05. Results: The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of SWI for the detection of DVA were 85.7%, 92.9%, 92.3%, and 86.7%, respectively. T2 and FLAIR images showed sensitivity of 35.7% and 35.7%, specificity of 92.9% and 96.4%, PPV of 83.3% and 90.9%, and NPV of 59.1% and 60.0%, respectively. On SWI, the sensitivity and NPV for the detection of DVAs were significantly higher than those of T2 and FLAIR images (p < 0.05). Conclusion: SWI was sensitive and specific for the detection of DVA.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.11-18
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• 2003

Error diffusion is a procedure for generating high quality bilevel images from continuous-tone images but blurs the edge information. To solve this problem, we propose the improved method appling edge enhanced weights based on local characteristic of the original images. We consider edge information as local characteristic. First, we produce edges by appling 3$\times$3 sobel operator to the original image. The edge is normalized from 0 to 1. Edge information weights are computed by using sinusoidal function and the normalized edge information. The edge enhanced weights are computed by using edge information weights multiplied input pixels. The proposed method is compared with conventional methods by measuring the edge correlation and quality of the recovered images from the halftoned images. The proposed method provides better quality than the conventional method due to the enhanced edge and represents efficiently the detail edge. Also, the proposed method is improved in edge representation than the conventional method.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.73-78
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• 2010

This study attempted to examine whether the propeller diffusion weighted image method may remove magnetic susceptibility artifacts caused by metallic materials. A comparison of occurrence rates of magnetic susceptibility artifacts in the four regions, both temporal lobes, pons, and orbit, between b = 0 and b = 1,000 s/mm2 images was made after obtaining echo-planar diffusion weighted image, propeller diffusion weighted image, and ADC map images, respectively, from a total of 20 patients who had MRI shots taken of their brain and were found to be with retained metallic foreign bodies within their teeth using a 3.0T MR scanner. In the case of echo-planar diffusion weighted image technique, the presence of metallic materials may bring in some limits on accurate diagnosis due to magnetic susceptibility artifacts, while the propeller diffusion weighted image technique where magnetic susceptibility artifacts decrease is expected to be more useful in ensuring accurate diagnosis in the clinical context.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.9-14
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• 2009

T1-, and T2-weighted imagings and FLAIR (fluid attenuated inversion recovery) imaging are fundamental imaging methods in the brain. T1-weighted imaging is a spin-echo sequence with short TR and short TE and produces the tissue contrast by different T1 relaxation times. In other words, short TR maximizes the difference of the longituidinal magnetization recovery between the tissues. T2-weighted imaging is a spin-echo sequence with long TR and long TE and produces the tissue contrast by different T2 relaxation times. Long TE maximizes the difference of the transverse magnetization decay between the tissues. FLAIR is an inversion recovery sequence using 180 degree inversion pulse. 2500 msec of inversion time is applied to suppress the CSF signal.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.119-128
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• 2007

Purpose : The purpose of this study was a phantom study to measure the diffusion properties of water molecules by steady-state free precession diffusion-weighted imaging (SSFP- DWI) with a low b-value and to determine if this sequence might be useful for application to the evaluation of bone marrow pathology. Materials and methods : 1. The phantom study: A phantom study using two diffusion weighted sequences for the evaluation of the diffusion coefficient was performed. Three water-containing cylinders at different temperatures were designed: phantom A was $3^{\circ}C$, B was $23^{\circ}C$ and C was $63^{\circ}C$. Both SSFP and echo planar imaging (EPI) sequences (b-value: $1000s/mm^2$) were performed for comparison of the diffusion properties. The Signal to noise ratios (SNR) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of the three phantoms using each diffusion-weighted sequence were assessed. 2. The Clinical study: SSFP-DWI was performed in 28 patients [sacral insufficiency fractures (10), osteoporotic lumbar compression fractures (10), malignant compression fractures (8)]. To measure the ADC maps, a diffusion-weighted single shot stimulated echo-acquisition mode sequence ($650s/mm^2$) was obtained using the same 1.5-T MR imager Results : For the phantom study, the signal intensity on the SSFP as well as the classic EPI-based DWI was decreased as the temperature increased in phantom A to C. The ADC values of the phantoms on EPI-DWI were $0.13{\times}10^{-3}mm^2/s$ in phantom A, $0.22{\times}10^{-3}mm^2/s$ in B and $0.37{\times}10^{-3}mm^2/s$. in C. The SSFP can be regarded as a DWI sequence in view of the series of signal decreases. Conclusion : Bone marrow pathologies with different diffusion coefficients were evaluated by SSFP-DWI. All benign fractures were hypointense compared to the adjacent normal bone marrow where as the malignant fractures were hyperintense compared to the adjacent normal bone marrow.

• Proceedings of the KSMRM Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.102-102
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• 2002

목적：$\Delta{R}_1$과 $\Delta{R}_2\;^{*}$은 $T_1$, $T_2\;^{*}$로부터 직접 구해야 하지만, 시간 해상도 때문에 각각 $T_1$, $T_2\;^{*}$ 강조영상으로부터 구하는 것이 일반적이다. $T_1$, $T_2\;^{*}$ 강조영상으로부터 얻은 $\Delta{R}_1$과 $\Delta{R}_2\;^{*}$ 과 이중 경사 자장에코 펄스열로부터 얻은 $\Delta{R}_1$과 $\Delta{R}_2\;^{*}$ 를 컴퓨터 가상 실험을 통해서 비교한다. 강조 영상의 신호 세기만으로는 정확한 관류 정보를 얻을 수 없음을 보이고자 한다. 대상 및 방법： 알려진 $\Delta{R}_1$과 $\Delta{R}_2\;^{*}$ 값을 이용하여 강조영상으로부터 구할 수 있는 $\DeltaR_1$과 $\Delta{R}_2\;^{*}$ 을 농도에 따라서 가상실험으로 구하고, 이 값과 이중 경사 자장 에코 펄스열로부터 구할 수 있는 $\Delta{R}_1$과 $\Delta{R}_2\;^{*}$를 가상실험으로 구해서 비교한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.517-519
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 적응적 이진화 기법을 적용하여 흠집 영역을 검출한다. 제안된 방법은 안경 렌즈 영상에서 명암 대비를 적용하여 렌즈의 명암을 강조한다. 명암이 강조된 영상에서 렌즈 밖의 배경 영역은 흠집 검출에 불필요하므로 개선된 평균 이진화 기법을 적용한 후에 렌즈의 윤곽선을 검출하여 렌즈 이외의 배경을 제거한다. 렌즈 이외의 배경이 제거된 렌즈 영상에서 렌즈 내부에 명암대비를 적용하여 렌즈 내부의 배경과 흠집의 명암을 강조한다. 명암이 강조된 렌즈 내부 영역에서 적응적 이진화 기법을 적용하여 흠집과 잡음을 검출한다. 잡음은 중간값 필터를 적용하여 제거한 후에 흠집 영역을 추출한다. 추출된 흠집 영역을 렌즈의 중심으로부터의 거리와 흠집의 크기를 퍼지 추론 규칙을 적용하여 눈에 미치는 영향 정도를 분석한다. 본 논문에서 제안된 방법의 성능을 분석하기 위해 CHEMI, MID, HL, HM과 같은 시력 보정용 렌즈 영상 6장을 대상으로 실험한 결과, 제안된 방법이 기존 렌즈 흠집 추출 방법보다 흠집 영역이 정확하게 추출되었고 눈에 미치는 영향을 효과적으로 분석할 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다.