• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제31B권12호
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• pp.72-80
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• 1994

In this paper, we present a digital image data compression method using vector quantization preserving edges. A new vector quantization algorithm is proposed using a new sampling method and edge region extraction. The codebook generation time is faster than existing algorithms and the quality of decompressed images is much improved. Extrimental results suggest that the resultant compression ratio and PSNR are better than those of BPVQ and HMVQ methods.

• 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.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2015

The main purpose of image enhancement is to improve certain characteristics of an image to improve its visual quality. This paper proposes a method for image contrast enhancement that can be applied to both medical and natural images. The proposed algorithm is designed to achieve contrast enhancement while also preserving the local image details. To achieve this, the proposed method combines local image contrast preserving dynamic range compression and contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE). Global gain parameters for contrast enhancement are inadequate for preserving local image details. Therefore, in the proposed method, in order to preserve local image details, local contrast enhancement at any pixel position is performed based on the corresponding local gain parameter, which is calculated according to the current pixel neighborhood edge density. Different image quality measures are used for evaluating the performance of the proposed method. Experimental results show that the proposed method provides more information about the image details, which can help facilitate further image analysis.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.427-432
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• 1996

The primary purpose of port filming is to verify the treatment volume under treatment. Although the image quality with the megavoltage x-ray beam is poorer than with the diagnostic or the simulator film. This paper proposes an edge-adaptive Kalman filter for the image enhancement of port films. Suggested filtering procedure preserves edge information and eliminates edge noise and inside and outside treatment area preserving treatment boundary.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제52권9호
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• pp.106-113
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 컬러 영상의 압축 센싱 복원 기술에 인지시각시스템의 특성을 접목해 복원 영상의 화질을 향상 시키는 방법을 연구하였다. 제안하는 그룹-희소성 최소화 기반 컬러 채널별 시각적 가중치 적용 방법은 영상의 성긴 특성뿐만 아니라 인지시각시스템의 특성을 반영할 수 있도록 설계되었다. 또한, 복원 영상에서의 잡음을 제거하기 위하여 설계한 경계보존 필터는 영상의 경계 부분에 대한 디테일을 보존함으로써, 복원 영상의 품질을 향상 시키는 역할을 한다. 실험 결과, 제안하는 방법이 최신의 그룹-희소성 최소화 기반 방법들보다 평균 0.56 ~ 4dB 더 높은 PSNR을 달성함으로써, 객관적 성능을 향상시킬 수 있음을 확인하였으며, 주관적 화질 또한 기존 방법들에 비해 뛰어나다는 것을 복원된 영상 간 비교를 통해 확인하였다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2004년도 학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.178-180
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• 2004

In this work, we propose new method of sigma filtering for efficient filtering and preserving edge regions in DCT Domain. In block-based image compression technique, the image is first divided into non-overlapping $8{\times}8$ blocks. Then, the two-dimensional DCT is computed for each $8{\times}8$ block. Once the DCT coefficients are obtained, they are quantized using a specific quantization table. Quantization of the DCT coefficients is a lossy process, and in this step, noise is added. In this work, we combine IDCT matrix and filter matrix to a new matrix to simplify filtering process to remove noise after IDCT in spatial domain, for each $8{\times}8$ DCT coefficient block, we determine whether this block is edge or homogeneous region. If this block is edge region, we divide this $8{\times}8$ block into four $4{\times}4$ sub-blocks, and do filtering process for sub-blocks which is homogeneous region. By this process, we can remove blocking artifacts efficiently preserving edge regions at the same time.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.563-570
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• 2004

Genetic algorithms have been successfully applied to various optimization problems belonging to NP-hard problems. The sequential ordering problems(SOP) and the job shop scheduling problems(JSP) are well-known NP-hard problems with strong influence on industrial applications. Both problems share some common properties in that they have some imposed precedence constraints. When genetic algorithms are applied to this kind of problems, it is desirable for genetic operators to be designed to produce chromosomes satisfying the imposed precedence constraints. Several genetic operators applicable to such problems have been proposed. We call such genetic operators precedence-preserving genetic operators. This paper presents three existing precedence-preserving genetic operators: Precedence -Preserving Crossover(PPX), Precedence-preserving Order-based Crossover (POX), and Maximum Partial Order! Arbitrary Insertion (MPO/AI). In addition, it proposes two new operators named Precedence-Preserving Edge Recombination (PPER) and Multiple Selection Precedence-preserving Order-based Crossover (MSPOX) applicable to such problems. It compares the performance of these genetic operators for SOP and JSP in the perspective of their solution quality and execution time.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.176-184
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• 2017

탄성파 탐사 영상에 적절한 평활화 기법을 적용하게 되면 무작위 잡음이 제거되고 신호의 연속성이 증가되어 보다 정밀한 해석을 할 수 있다. 자료의 특성을 해치지 않으면서 효율적으로 탄성파 탐사자료를 평활화 하기 위해서 최근까지 활발하게 연구 및 사용되고 있는 방법 중 하나가 SOF-EP (Structure-Oriented Filter-Edge Preserving) 기법이다. 이 기법은 자료의 진폭이 큰 곳에서 작은 곳으로 확산되는 원리를 이용하며, 수평층과 같은 연속성이 있는 구조에서는 층을 따라 확산 혹은 평활화가 일어나게 해줌으로써 층 내의 연속성을 증가시키고 무작위 잡음을 제거하는 효과를 가져온다. 또한, 단층과 같은 불연속적인 주요 구조 경계에서의 확산 혹은 평활화를 막기 위하여 연속성 결정 인자를 설정함으로써 평활화 기법의 정밀성을 높일 수 있다. 하지만, 연속성 결정인자를 계산하기 위하여 사용되어 온 구조지향 닮음(structure-oriented semblance) 기법의 경우, 사용하는 필터의 크기나 자료의 양에 따라 많은 시간이 소요되기 때문에 효율성이 떨어지는 한계를 가진다. 이 연구에서는 먼저 SOF-EP 기법을 구현하고, 현장자료에 단계적으로 적용함으로써 그 효용성을 확인하였으며 다음으로 효율적으로 연속성 결정인자를 계산할 수 있는 모서리 반응 기법(corner response method)을 제안 및 적용하여 기존의 방법과 비교하였다. 그 결과 약 6000배 이상 계산 시간을 단축할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a method of edge detection for noisy image. The proposed method uses a progressive filter for noise reduction and a Sobel operator for edge detection. The progressive filter combines a median filter and a modified rational filter. The proposed method for noise reduction adjusts rational filter direction according to an edge in the image which is obtained by median filtering. Our method effectively attenuates the noise while preserving the image details. Edge detection is performed by a Sobel operator. This operator can be implemented by integer operation and is therefore relatively fast. Our proposed method not only preserves edge, but also reduces noise in uniform region. Thus, edge detection is well performed. Our proposed method could improve results using further developed Sobel operator. Experimental results show that our proposed method has better edge detection with correct positions than those by existing median and rational filtering methods for noisy image.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.726-731
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• 1986

An effective filtering algorithm which can reduce noise and preserve edges for the restoration of an image degraded by additive white Gaussian noise is presented. The algorithm proposed in this paper is an extension of Lee's algorithm modified to use local gradient information as well as local statistics. It does not require image modeling, and removes noise along the orientaiton of edges so that it does not blur the edge.