• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제8권12호
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• pp.1565-1571
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• 2005

Images reconstructed with Maximum-Likelihood Expectation-Maximization (MLEM) algorithm have been observed to have checkerboard effects and have noise artifacts near edges as iterations proceed. To compensate this ill-posed nature, numerous penalized maximum-likelihood methods have been proposed. We suggest a simple algorithm of applying edge detecting process to the MLEM and Bayesian Expectation-Maximization (BEM) to reduce the noise artifacts near edges and remove checkerboard effects. We have shown by simulation that this algorithm removes checkerboard effects and improves the clarity of the reconstructed image and has good properties based on root mean square error (RMS).

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.694-699
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• 1988

Optical phase conjugate mechanism and edge enhancement by degenerate four wave mixing (DFWM) in photorefractive material are described, and image reconstruction is perfromed sucessfully in BaTiO3 single crystal. Also, the edge enhancement is carried out in the crystal by the same DFWM geometry. But the intensities of three incident beams are inverted. Good quality of edge enhancement is observed in real-time (processing time 10 sec) with low incident light intensity (5.38mW/cm\ulcorner.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.92-98
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• 2021

Purpose: This study automatically discriminates homogeneous and structure edge regions on computed tomography (CT) images, and it evaluates the noise level and edge preservation ratio (EPR) according to the different types of iterative reconstruction (IR). Methods: The dataset consisted of CT scans of 10 patients reconstructed with filtered back projection (FBP), statistical IR (iDose⁴), and iterative model-based reconstruction (IMR). Using the 10th and 85th percentiles of the structure coherence feature, homogeneous and structure edge regions were localized. The noise level was estimated using the averages of the standard deviations for five regions of interests (ROIs), and the EPR was calculated as the ratio of standard deviations between homogeneous and structural edge regions on subtraction CT between the FBP and IR. Results: The noise levels were 20.86±1.77 Hounsfield unit (HU), 13.50±1.14 HU, and 7.70±0.46 HU for FBP, iDose⁴, and IMR, respectively, which indicates that iDose⁴ and IMR could achieve noise reductions of approximately 35.17% and 62.97%, respectively. The EPR had values of 1.14±0.48 and 1.22±0.51 for iDose⁴ and IMR, respectively. Conclusions: The iDose⁴ and IMR algorithms can effectively reduce noise levels while maintaining the anatomical structure. This study suggested automated evaluation measurements of noise levels and EPRs, which are important aspects in CT image quality with patients' cases of FBP, iDose⁴, and IMR. We expect that the inclusion of other important image quality indices with a greater number of patients' cases will enable the establishment of integrated platforms for monitoring both CT image quality and radiation dose.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.3745-3761
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• 2020

Low-rank representation methods already achieve many applications in the image reconstruction. However, for high-gradient image patches with rich texture details and strong edge information, it is difficult to find sufficient similar patches. Existing low-rank representation methods usually destroy image critical details and fail to preserve edge structure. In order to promote the performance, a new representation-based image super-resolution reconstruction method is proposed, which combines gradient domain guided image filter with the structure-constrained low-rank representation so as to enhance image details as well as reveal the intrinsic structure of an input image. Firstly, we extract the gradient domain guided filter of each atom in high resolution dictionary in order to acquire high-frequency prior information. Secondly, this prior information is taken as a structure constraint and introduced into the low-rank representation framework to develop a new model so as to maintain the edges of reconstructed image. Thirdly, the approximate optimal solution of the model is solved through alternating direction method of multipliers. After that, experiments are performed and results show that the proposed algorithm has higher performances than conventional state-of-the-art algorithms in both quantitative and qualitative aspects.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2005

본 논문에서 사용한 웨이블릿 변환의 기저 함수는 일반적인 웨이블릿 변환과 다른 리프팅 스킴을 사용하여 만들어 졌다. 리프팅 스킴은 푸리에 변환을 사용하여 기저 함수를 생성하지 않는 새로운 쌍직교 웨이블릿 기저 함수를 생성하는 방법이다 본 본문은 리프팅 스킴을 이용한 새로운 영상 압축 및 에지 검출 방법을 제안하고 있다. 그리고 이 방법은 부분 복원과 공간 복원을 할 수 있어 데이터 가시화를 향상시킬 수 있다. 다양한 해상도에서의 근사 영상은 원래 영상으로부터 적은 정보만으로 다양한 크기의 특징을 뽑아낼 수 있고, 적은 양의 스케일링 계수를 사용하여 생성된 근사 영상은 빠르게 원래 영상의 대략적인 개요만이 필요할 때 유용하게 사용된다. 본 논문에서 제안한 영상 압축 및 에지 검출 기법은 멀티미디어 데이터베이스에서 데이터 관리와 데이터 가시화를 향상시킬 수 있는 좋은 기틀을 마련해 준다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.219-226
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• 2017

Penalized-likelihood (PL) reconstruction methods for transmission tomography are known to provide improved image quality for reduced dose level by efficiently smoothing out noise while preserving edges. Unfortunately, however, most of the edge-preserving penalty functions used in conventional PL methods contain at least one free parameter which controls the shape of a non-quadratic penalty function to adjust the sensitivity of edge preservation. In this work, to avoid difficulties in finding a proper value of the free parameter involved in a non-quadratic penalty function, we propose a new adaptive method of space-variant smoothing with a simple quadratic penalty function. In this method, the smoothing parameter is adaptively selected for each pixel location at each iteration by using the image roughness measured by a pixel-wise standard deviation image calculated from the previous iteration. The experimental results demonstrate that our new method not only preserves edges, but also suppresses noise well in monotonic regions without requiring additional processes to select free parameters that may otherwise be included in a non-quadratic penalty function.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.105-115
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• 1999

The structure of a non-axisymmetric propane diffusion flame was investigated. Tomographic reconstruction method to convert the line-integrated self-emission data of a fuel-rich diffusion flame with square cross-section was applied to get the spatially reconstructed emission data. Modified Shepp-Logan filter and concentric squares raster were chosen for reconstructing arbitrarily shaped object in this process. Spatially reconstructed emission data were then interpreted to several physical quantities, such as flame edge, FWHM, perimeter and 3-D flame temperature distribution. Necessary assumptions were discussed and the results were interpreted. In comparison with axisymmetric flame, flame edge was developed higher, and sooting region of upstream was broader than in this non-axisymmetric one. At some height, the flame was shrunk very rapidly and finally formed circular cross-section.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2013년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.919-920
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• 2013

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.527-528
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• 2012

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제30권8C호
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• pp.775-782
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• 2005

비교정 연속영상(uncalibrated sequence images)에서의 조밀한 데이터로부터 3차원 재구성할 경우, 대량의 대응점 탐색 문제 및 계산시간 문제에 봉착한다. 본 논문에서는 이에 대한 대응책으로, 비교정 영상에서 중요영상 선택법을 제안하고, 이를 이용해 최소한의 영상으로 효율적인 3차원 재구성하는 새로운 방법을 제안한다. 즉 입력된 영상에서 소수만의 영상을 이용해서 작업을 수행하게 된다. 선택된 중요영상에서 대응점을 선택한다. 선택된 대응점은 카메라 교정을 수행하는데 이용된다. 외곽선 이미지를 이용하여 조밀한 형태의 대응점을 추출한다. 조밀한 대응점을 찾기 위한 제안된 알고리즘은 3차원 구조 복원을 효과적으로 수행하는데 이용된다.