• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1999년도 추계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.521-524
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• 1999

In spite of advances in image resolution and film contrast, check screen/film mammography remains one of diagnostic imaging modality where the image interpretation is very difficult. For the enhancement of film mammography, in this paper, dyadic wavelet transform is introduced. An unsharp masking technique is proposed and performed in wavelet domain. In addition, simple nonlinear enhancement and a denosing stage that preserves edges using wavelet shrinkage are computed into this technique. In this paper. we propose a new method for the gain setting of nonlinear enhancement and show result and comparison.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.38-43
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• 2011

We have developed a simple model of a bright-room contrast ratio (BRCR) measurement system for plasma display panels (PDPs) adopting a contrast enhancement film (CEF) by using an illumination design tool. Only four model parameters were used, namely, total ambient illumination power delivered by fluorescent lamps, a panel scattering rate, illuminance of PDP white patterns, and the absorption coefficient of a color adjusting film. These parameters were determined by simple optical measurements and matching simulations. The proposed model was employed to predict the BRCR values of four different CEF samples, and the simulated ones were found to be in agreement with measured ones within about 10% relative-error.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.130-139
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• 2013

This paper proposes a new approach for enhancing digital images based on red channel information, which has the most analogous characteristics to invisible infrared rays. Specifically, a red channel in RGB space is used to analyze the image contents and improve the visual quality of the input images but it can cause unexpected problems, such as the over-enhancement of reddish input images. To resolve this problem, inter-channel correlations between the color channels were derived, and the weighting parameters for visually pleasant image fusion were estimated. Applying the parameters resulted in significant brightness as well as improvement in the dark and bright regions. Furthermore, simple contrast and color corrections were used to maintain the original contrast level and color tone. The main advantages of the proposed algorithm are 1) it can improve a given image considerably with a simple inter-channel correlation, 2) it can obtain a similar effect of using an extra infrared image, and 3) it is faster than other algorithms compared without artifacts including halo effects. The experimental results showed that the proposed approach could produce better natural images than the existing enhancement algorithms. Therefore, the proposed scheme can be a useful tool for improving the image quality in consumer imaging devices, such as compact cameras.

• 치과방사선
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.83-90
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• 1997

This study was performed to demonstrate the effect of linear or nonlinear contrast enhancement on subtraction images. Three different textures were radiograped on dental film. The first radiograph was taken without the presence of an object. the second, which showed trabucular bone, was taken of the molar area of a human. the third radiograph was taken of the coronal part of molars. Each film was digitized into a 1312 x 1024 pixel x 8 bit depth matrix by means of a Nikon 35 mm film scanner(LS-3510AF, Japan) with fixed gain and internal dark current correction to maintain constant illumination. The scanner was interfaced to a Macintosh Le ill computer(Apple Computer, Charlotte, N.C) This resulted in three pairs of images, including different textures-plain, bone and enamel. Digital regular, linearly and nonlinearly enhanced subtraction was performed. Computer software was ,used to simulate lesions in the shape of a 2D-Gaussian curve on each of a pair of images. The each subtraction images were presented in a random sequence to two groups of 10 observers(students and dentists). ROC analysis was used to compare observer performance. The following results were obtained ; 1. All of LCE subtraction, equalized subtraction and regular subtraction images of plain texture were diagnosed the best by far. 2. The data revealed a siginificant LCE effect in both the student group and the expert group. 3. Clinical expertise was a helphul factor for the observers in this study.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2001년도 ICCAS
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• pp.179.1-179
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• 2001

Successive image contrast enhancement was used to direct digital radiography system. This system was accurately required acquisition signal in each pixel. But, applied high electric field in a-Se thin film for x-ray conversion layer was caused to acquisition signal distortion, then bring low image contrast. The purpose of this study was to reduce the signal distortion, carried out different electrode size.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2008년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.1652-1655
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• 2008

A new high contrast LCD structure for TN mode TFT-LCD, of which the contrast ratio is 1.2 times hi gher than that of the conventional one, has been developed. The contrast ratio of TFT-LCD display can be improved by some modified materials, which like as polarizer, liquid crystal, color filter and light enhancement film. In order to know which condition can get the major contribution for the upgrade of the contrast ratio, we used Taguchi method and analyzed the contribution ratio for each composition and succeed to build up the formula of contrast ratio. From this study, we could achieve the highest CR value as 1200:1 of TN mod e TFT-LCD nowadays.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.124-132
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• 2014

본 논문은 퍼지 C-평균 분류기와 적응적 블록 분할을 사용한 역광 영역 검출과 공간 적응적 대비 확장을 사용한 역광 영역 개선 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 퍼지 이론에 의해 계산된 최적의 임계값을 기반으로 적응적 가변블록 분할을 사용하여 역광 영상을 어두운 역광 영역과 밝은 배경 영역으로 구분한다. 가변블록에 의한 블록화 현상을 없애기 위해 유도 필터(guided filter)를 사용하여 역광 영역을 객체 영역에 적합하게 세분화한다. 마지막으로 검출된 역광 영역은 공간 적응적으로 대비가 확장되어 조도를 개선한다. 제안된 방법은 최적의 임계값을 사용하여 영상을 분할하기 때문에 입력 영상에 따라 적응적으로 영역을 분할하고 저조도 영역을 개선하며, 사용자의 별도의 설정이 없이 입력 영상에 따라 자동적 역광 영상 개선이 가능하다. 실험 결과를 통해 제안된 방법이 기존 방법보다 역광 영역에 존재하는 피사체의 정보를 효과적으로 개선할 수 있으며, 복잡한 분할 방법을 사용하지 않고 빠르게 역광 영역을 검출할 수 있음을 보인다.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.12-15
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• 2013

The pure and carbon (C)-doped $MgB_2$ thin films were fabricated on $Al_2O_3$ (0001) substrates at a temperature of $650^{\circ}C$ by using hot-filament-assisted hybrid physical-chemical vapor deposition technique. The $T_c$ value for pure $MgB_2$ film is 38.5 K, while it is between 30 and 35 K for carbon-doped $MgB_2$ films. Expansion in c-axis lattice parameter was observed with increase in carbon doping concentration which is in contrast to carbon-doped $MgB_2$ single crystals. Significant enhancement in the critical current density was obtained for C-doped $MgB_2$ films as compared to the undoped $MgB_2$ film. This enhancement is most probably due to the incorporation of C into $MgB_2$ and the high density of grain boundaries, both help in the pinning of vortices and result in improved superconducting performance.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.337-344
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• 1995

방사선 치료에 있어서 치료전 및 치료도중에 치료부위를 확인하기 위한 수단으로 보편적으로 사용되고 있는 포탈필름은 높은 에너지를 이용하여 촬영되는 것이므로 영상이 매우 흐리며 어둡다는 구조적인 문제점이 있다. 이러한 영상을 개선하기 위하여는 치료필드와 그 주변필드로 영상을 먼저 분할한 후, 각 필드 별로 영상처리를 해야만 한다. 본 연구에서는 소벨 탐지자, 레이블링 기법을 이용하여 최적의 문턱치를 찾아내어 포탈영상을 분할 한 후 형태학적 세선화기법들을 적용하여 포탈영상 분할하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 이 알고리즘은 포탈영상에서 불필요한 에지들은 제거하고 치료필드 에지만을 탐지하며 촬영조건이 수시로 변하는 임상적 환경에서 얻어지는 포탈영상들에 적용하여도 균일한 결과를 얻을 수 있다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.116-124
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• 2009

근래 휴대 단말기용 모뎀 칩셋이나 멀티미디어 프로세서의 CPU성능은 노트북PC에 버금가는 수준으로 향상되면서 휴대단말기가 전자기기의 컨버전스화를 주도하는 아이콘으로 떠오르고 있다. 더불어 DMB, 디지털 카메라, 화상통화, 인터넷 검색 등이 기본적으로 제공되면서 소형크기의 휴대 단말기용 디스플레이에서도 화질에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 휴대단말기의 경우 야외에서 태양광과 같은 주변광원의 변화로 동일한 영상이 열화 또는 과도하게 밝아져 보이는 야외 시인성 문제를 해결해야 하며, 더구나 최근 터치방식 패널이 휴대단말기 디스플레이 장치에 사용되면서 ITO 필름에 의한 투과율 손실로 디스플레이 화면의 컨트라스트 저하가 더해지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 휴대 단말기용 영상개선 SoC를 위해 영상 개선 알고리즘을 개발하였고 이에 대한 성능 비교를 수행하였다. 컨트라스트 개선을 위해 적응형 기법으로 Clipped Histogram Stretching을, 정적 기법으로 S형 곡선조정과 Gain 조정 기법을 사용하였고 야외 시인성 개선을 위해서는 CIELCh 색공간에서 외부 조도센서의 정보에 따라 명도(Lightness)와 채도(Chroma)가 조절될 수 있도록 하였다. 개발한 알고리즘에 대한 성능평가는 결과영상의 히스토그램, RGB 화소값 분포도, 엔트로피 그리고 동적영역 확장비 등을 통해 분석을 진행하였다.