• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.34-42
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• 2003

In medical imaging, three-dimensional (3D) display using Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) as a portable file format can give intuitive information more efficiently on the World Wide Web (WWW). The web-based 3D visualization of functional images combined with anatomical images has not studied much in systematic ways. The goal of this study was to achieve a simultaneous observation of 3D anatomic and functional models with planar images on the WWW, providing their locational information in 3D space with a measuring implement using VRML. MRI and ictal-interictal SPECT images were obtained from one epileptic patient. Subtraction ictal SPECT co-registered to MRI (SISCOM) was performed to improve identification of a seizure focus. SISCOM image volumes were held by thresholds above one standard deviation (1-SD) and two standard deviations (2-SD). SISCOM foci and boundaries of gray matter, white matter, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the MRI volume were segmented and rendered to VRML polygonal surfaces by marching cube algorithm. Line profiles of x and y-axis that represent real lengths on an image were acquired and their maximum lengths were the same as 211.67 mm. The real size vs. the rendered VRML surface size was approximately the ratio of 1 to 605.9. A VRML measuring tool was made and merged with previous VRML surfaces. User interface tools were embedded with Java Script routines to display MRI planar images as cross sections of 3D surface models and to set transparencies of 3D surface models. When transparencies of 3D surface models were properly controlled, a fused display of the brain geometry with 3D distributions of focal activated regions provided intuitively spatial correlations among three 3D surface models. The epileptic seizure focus was in the right temporal lobe of the brain. The real position of the seizure focus could be verified by the VRML measuring tool and the anatomy corresponding to the seizure focus could be confirmed by MRI planar images crossing 3D surface models. The VRML application developed in this study may have several advantages. Firstly, 3D fused display and control of anatomic and functional image were achieved on the m. Secondly, the vector analysis of a 3D surface model was defined by the VRML measuring tool based on the real size. Finally, the anatomy corresponding to the seizure focus was intuitively detected by correlations with MRI images. Our web based visualization of 3-D fusion image and its localization will be a help to online research and education in diagnostic radiology, therapeutic radiology, and surgery applications.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.3C
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• pp.297-303
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• 2009

Integral imaging is a well-known 3D image recording and display technique. The huge size of integral imaging data requires a compression scheme to store and transmit 3D scenes. In the conventional compression scheme, the data amount of elemental images depends on the various recording condition such as the positional location of a 3D object, the illumination and specification of the lenslet array even if an identical pickup system is used. In this paper, to reduce the dependence of the image characteristics of elemental images on the pickup conditions, a compression scheme using block division on the elemental image of integral imaging is proposed. The proposed scheme provides an improved compression ratio by considering the local similarity of elemental images picked up from three-dimensional objects according to a positional location. To test the proposed scheme, various elemental images are picked up and a compression process is then carried out u sing a standard MPEG-4. Based on compression ratio results, the proposed compression scheme is improved by approximately 9% compared with the conventional compression method.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.638-649
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• 2009

Image resizing (or scaling) is one of the most essential issues for the success of visual service because image data has to be adapted to the variety of display features. For 2D imaging, the image scaling is generally accomplished by 2D image re-sampling (i.e., up-/down-sampling). However, when it comes to stereoscopic 3D images, 2D re-sampling methods are inadequate because additional consideration on the third dimension of depth is not incorporated. Practically, stereoscopic 3D image scaling is process with left/right images, not stereoscopic 3D image itself, because the left/right Images are only tangible data. In this paper, we analyze stereoscopic 3D image scaling from two aspects: geometrical deformation and frequency-domain aliasing. A number of 3D displays are available in the market and they have various screen dimensions. As we have more varieties of the displays, efficient stereoscopic 3D image scaling is becoming more emphasized. We present the recommendations for the 3D scaling from the geometric analysis and propose a disparity-adaptive filter for anti-aliasing which could occur during the image scaling process.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.12 no.10
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• pp.1853-1859
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose a novel method to improve the visual quality of reconstructed images for 3D pattern recognition based on the computational integral imaging reconstruction (CIIR). The proposed CIIR method provides improved 3D reconstructed images by superimposing magnified elemental images by a combination of a round mapping model and image interpolation algorithms. To objectively evaluate the proposed method, we introduce an experimental framework for a computational pickup process and a CIIR process using a Gaussian function and evaluate the proposed method. We also carry out experiments on 3D objects and present their results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.325-327
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• 2012

최근 국내외 디지털 가전 업체들은 다양한 3D 기술을 앞세워 가정 내에서도 편하게 즐길 수 잇도록 다양한 3DTV를 출시하고 있다. 이러한 3DTV에서 입체영상을 시청하기 위해서는 입체콘텐츠가 제작되어 전송되어야 한다[1]. 이러한 입체 콘텐츠는 RGB 영상과 깊이맵을 이용하여 생성할 수 있는데, 이때 깊이맵은 사용자의 용도에 따라 다양한 형태로 변환될 수 있다. 최근엔 이러한 깊이맵과 3D 영상의 컬러를 변환하여 지각 깊이감을 개선하는 영상처리 기술에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 이에 따라, 본 논문에서는 기존의 컬러 변환을 통한 2D 영상의 지각 깊이감 개선을 입체영상에 적용하여, 3D 지각 입체감을 동시에 향상시키는 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해 대조 변환 및 배경 다크닝 방법을 제안하고, 실험을 통해 제안 방법이 상기 목적을 얻을 수 있는 것을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.257-265
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• 2014

3 dimensional stereoscopic is attracting new attention as it simulates human eye and related hardware advances. However, 3 dimensional stereoscopic requires more time and effort than 2D movie because it uses 2 cameras or 2 lenses. This study analyzed the merits and demerits of the system producing rider movie using 3 dimensional stereoscopic shooting techniques and searched a way to produce better 3 dimensional stereoscopic rider movie which meets the producing intention by applying elements required to create effective 3 dimensional stereoscopic effect. According to the study result, a light-weight integrated system was effective to create 3 dimensional stereoscopic rider movie because of its genre characteristic. In the post-production of the work, location shooting considered of time re-mapping, color correction and graphic element addition was required.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.40-41
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• 2012

양안식 3D 영상 시청 안정성에 대해 제기되고 있는 지속적인 이슈는 3D 영상 시장 활성화를 위해 반드시 선결 되어야 하는 과제이다. 최근, 이를 위해 양안식 3D 영상이 유발하는 시각적 불편함을 측정하고 이를 예측하는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 양안식 3D 영상에서 시각적 불편함을 야기하는 문제 영역의 양안 시차 변화에 따른 주관적 시각적 불편함을 측정한다. 이를 통하여 양안식 3D 영상에서 시각적 불편함을 주는 문제 영역의 영상 특성이 시청자가 인지하는 시각 피로에 지배적인 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 실험적으로 증명한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.47-50
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• 2012

스테레오스코픽 3D 동영상의 콘텐츠 부족을 해결할 수 있는 간단한 방법 중의 하나는 스테레오스코픽 3D 동영상 콘텐츠를 크기 변환 방법을 통해 다양한 3D 디스플레이에서 볼 수 있게 하는 것이다. 이를 위해 본 논문에서는 스테레오스코픽 3D 주의 시각 모델을 바탕으로 관심 영역을 설정하고, 이를 동영상으로 확장시키기 위해 장면 전환을 기준으로 영상을 그룹화한 후, 동일 관심 영역 윈도를 적용시켜 이를 목표 디스플레이에 맞게 크기 변환하는 방법을 제안한다. 실험 결과, 제안한 방법을 이용한 결과 영상이 보다 효율적으로 스테레오스코픽 3D 영상을 목표 디스플레이에서 보여줄 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1093-1096
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• 2006

인터넷 이용의 증가와 정보통신의 비약적 발전으로 다양한 멀티미디어 서비스에 대한 사용자의 욕구가 증가하고 있다. 이러한 시장의 수요증가에 따라 다양한 멀티미디어 게임과 다양한 영상 컨텐츠에 대한 개발이 진행되고 있다. 특히 영상 스트리밍 시스템은 영상을 실시간으로 사용자에게 제공할 수 있는 시스템으로 사용자의 편의성과 네트워크 성능의 향상등으로 인해 각광을 받고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 기존 영상 스트리밍 시스템에 3D영상을 제공할 수 있는 MPEG-4기반의 입체영상 스트리밍 시스템을 구현하였다. 이 시스템은 3D 입체영상 서비스를 제공하기 위해 서버 측에는 좌우측에서 본2개의 영상을 합쳐서 전송하도록 하였으며 클라이언트측에서는 각 좌우측의 영상을 구별하여 3D 영상모니터에 표시함으로써 3D입체영상을 구현하였다. 본 논문에서는 애플사의 오픈소스인 다윈 스트리밍 서버와 자바의 JMF(Java Media Framework)를 이용해 RTP/RTSP 기반으로 3D 입체 영상을 실시간 재생되도록 구현하였다.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.165-170
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• 2012

Purpose: The aim of this study was to measure and evaluate changes of visual responses in viewing a 2D and 3D (three-dimensional) image. Methods: The subjects were 44 college students aged 19 to 25 years with normal binocular vision. The visual responses measured were CA/C (convergence accommodation/convergence) ratio, convergence-induced PD(interpupillary distance), accommodative responses, perceived distance in viewing a 3D image. Results: Convergence and accommodative responses in viewing the 3D image were significantly larger (p<0.05) than in 2D. A moderate positive correction was found between CA/C ratio and accommodative response (r = 0.477, p = 0.001). It was indicated that smaller PD had larger depth perception. Convergence in viewing the 3D image was significantly larger (p<0.05) than that at cognitive distance. Conclusions: The visual fatigue may be more intense in larger CA/C ratio and smaller PD when viewing 3D images.