• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.9
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• pp.1925-1931
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• 2011

This paper suggests an approach to the subtle concept, "good", through the fuzzy logic and the design of the Canny edge detector of Gray scale images based on the rules of fuzzy anisotropic diffusion. The Canny edge detection algorithms design is to divide the gray levels into pixels and then calculate the diffusion coefficients at each pixel of non-edgy regions. Based on this processing, we present the Canny edge detector implementing fuzzy logic and comparing the results to other existing methods. The proposed approach is the narrow dynamic range of the gray-level image Sharpening the edge detection and has the advantage.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.439-445
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• 2004

Diffusion tensor image(DTI) exploits the random diffusional motion of water molecules. This method is useful for the characterization of the architecture of tissues. In some tissues, such as muscle or cerebral white matter, cellular arrangement shows a strongly preferred direction of water diffusion, i.e., the diffusion is anisotropic. The degree of anisotropy is often represented using diffusion anisotropy indices (relative anisotropy(RA), fractional anisotropy(FA), volume ratio(VR)). In this study, FA images were obtained using different gradient schemes(N=6, 11, 23, 35. 47). Mean values and the standard deviations of FA were then measured at several anatomic locations for each scheme. The results showed that both mean values and the standard deviations of FA were decreased as the number of gradient directions were increased. Also, the standard error of ADC measurement decreased as the number of diffusion gradient directions increased. In conclusion, different gradient schemes showed a significantly different noise performance and the schem with more gradient directions clearly improved the quality of the FA images. But considering acquisition time of image and standard deviation of FA, 23 gradient directions is clinically optimal.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.11-13
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• 2011

양방향 필터 (Bilateral filter)는 에지 보전 평활화 필터로써 디노이징, 반사 제거, 스테레오 매칭 등 다양한 분야에서 사용되고 있다. 이는 기존의 가우시안 필터에 사용되는 공간 도메인 커널 (spatial kernel)이외에 강도 도메인 커널 (range kernel)을 추가로 사용하여 비슷한 강도의 픽셀에 높은 가중치를 부여함으로써 에지를 보전하면서 평활화를 한다. 또한 양방향 필터는 비등방성 확산 필터 (Anisotropic diffusion filter)와 달리 항상 수렴을 보장한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 고정점 반복 이론을 적용하여 양방향 필터의 수렴을 수학적으로 증명한다.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.191-194
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• 2014

This paper proposes a fast and efficient method to extract the skin and bone automatically in CT images. First, the images were smoothed by applying an anisotropic diffusion filter to remove noise. The whole body was then detected by thresholding, which was set automatically. In addition, the contour of the skin was segmented using morphological operators and connected component labeling (CCL). Finally, the bone was extracted by iterative thresholding.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.19-24
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose an automatic segmentation method of left and right heart in computed tomography angiography (CTA) using separating energy function. First, we smooth the images by applying anisotropic diffusion filter to remove noise. Then, the volume of interest (VOI) is detected by using k-means clustering. Finally, we extract the left and right heart with separating energy function which we proposed to split the heart. We tested our method in ten CT images and they were obtained from a different patient. For the evaluation of the computational performance of the proposed method, we measured the total processing time. The average of total processing time, from first step to third step, was $14.39{\pm}1.17s$. We expect for our method to be used in cardiac diagnosis for cardiologist.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.494-502
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• 1999

This paper represents an electrostatic micro plate resonator which consists of a rigid plate suspended with four bridges and a counter electrode. The bridges of the resonator are designed corrugated so that the residual stress are released. The FEM simulation results confirmed that the deflection characteristic of the corrugated bridge is hardly affected by the initial residual tensile stress. One resonator with the corrugated bridges and the other with the flat bridges were fabricated by the boron diffusion process and the anisotropic etch process. The vertical deflection of the fabricated electrostatic resonator was measured with a laser vibrometer, and the data were compared with the calculation results. The deflection of the resonator with the flat bridges is smaller than the deflection of that with the corrugated ones because of the residual stress. The residual stress release effect was confirmed by the fact that the measured deflection of the resonator with the corrugated bridges in close to the calculated deflection of the resonator with the flat ones with the initial stress neglected.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1993.11a
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• pp.192-194
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• 1993

In this paper, a silicon piezoresistive accelerometer of which the cantilevers have uniform thickness is designed and fabricated with SOI wafer. The accelerometer consists of a seismic mass and four cantilevers, and is fabricated mainly by the anisotropic etching method using EPW etchant. The fabrication processes are that of the frontside processes including the etching of the cantilevers and the doubleside alignment holes, the diffusion of the piezoresisters and patterning of the contact windows, and the metal connection process, and that of the backside processes including the etching of the shallow cavity and the seismic mass. Because of the uniformity of thickness, the performance of the accelerometer fabricated with SOI wafer is expected to be better than that of accelerometer fabricated by the time-controlled etching method.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.1769-1772
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 사용자의 작업을 최소화하고 결과의 정확성을 높일 수 있는 3 차원 영역 분할 알고리즘을 제시하고 있다. 경계선을 강화하고 유사영역을 평탄화하는 SRAD(Speckle Reducing Anisotropic Diffusion) 필터링은 잡음에 의한 3 차원 영역확장의 오류를 줄이고 분할 대상의 경계부분까지 안정적으로 영역을 확장시켜준다. 3 차원 영역확장 방법은 사용자에 의해 입력된 시작점을 기반으로 영역의 유사성과 집합성을 판단하는 평가함수(cost Function)를 계산하여 3 차원으로 영역을 확장시킨다. 이러한 방법을 이용할 때에 보다 효과적으로 3D MRI 데이터에 대한 영상 분할을 수행할 수 있다. 또한 논문에서 제시한 알고리즘의 검증을 위해서 분할 결과에 대한 의료진의 검증을 수행하였다.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.60-65
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• 1994

When a commercial prealloyed Fe-powder(Fe-5Cr-lMo-2Cu-0.5P-3C) is liquid phase sintered at 116$0^{\circ}C$, liquid precipitates with various shapes form within solid grains during the initial stage of sintering. The shape of a liquid precipitate changes pith the increment of their size from sphere(with radius<0.3$\mu\textrm{m}$), a transient polyhedron with more than 7 faces(1~2 $\mu\textrm{m}$), cuboid(3~5 $\mu\textrm{m}$), and finally to sphere(>5 $\mu\textrm{m}$). The shapes of liquid precipitates closely resemble the growth shapes predicted on the basis of solid-liquid interfacial energy and the coherency strain energy with anisotropic elastic constants in the diffusion zone around the precipitates.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2011.06c
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• pp.401-404
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 비등방성 확산 방법과 구조텐서를 이용한 유방 MR 영상에서 흉근을 자동 분할하기 위한 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 영상에 포함되어 있는 잡음을 제거하기 위하여 비등방성 확산 방법을 적용한 후 영상의 국부적인 기울기 정보를 잘 나타내는 구조텐서를 이용하여 영상 진단 및 영상 정합 시불필요한 흉근 부분을 자동으로 분할하고자 한다. 실험결과에서 확인 할 수 있듯이 정확한 분할의 결과는 향후 컴퓨터 보조 진단 시스템에 유용하게 사용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.