• International journal of thyroidology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.14-23
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• 2017

Background and Objectives: To evaluate and compare the diagnostic performances of grayscale ultrasound (US) and quantitative parameters obtained from texture analysis of grayscale US and elastography images in evaluating patients with diffuse thyroid disease (DTD). Materials and Methods: From September to December 2012, 113 patients (mean age, $43.4{\pm}10.7years$) who had undergone preoperative staging US and elastography were included in this study. Assessment of the thyroid parenchyma for the diagnosis of DTD was made if US features suggestive of DTD were present. Nine histogram parameters were obtained from the grayscale US and elastography images, from which 'grayscale index' and 'elastography index' were calculated. Diagnostic performances of grayscale US, texture analysis using grayscale US and elastography were calculated and compared. Results: Of the 113 patients, 85 (75.2%) patients were negative for DTD and 28 (24.8%) were positive for DTD on pathology. The presence of US features suggestive of DTD showed significantly higher rates of DTD on pathology, 60.7% to 8.2% (p<0.001). Specificity, accuracy, and positive predictive value was highest in US features, 91.8%, 84.1%, and 87.6%, respectively (all ps<0.05). Grayscale index showed higher sensitivity and negative predictive value (NPV) than US features. All diagnostic performances were higher for grayscale index than the elastography index. Area under the curve of US features was the highest, 0.762, but without significant differences to grayscale index or mean of elastography (all ps>0.05). Conclusion: Diagnostic performances were the highest for grayscale US features in diagnosis of DTD. Grayscale index may be used as a complementary tool to US features for improving sensitivity and NPV.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.524-529
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• 2016

Diagnostic sensors are demanded during plasma processes. Holograms of plasma taken with laser light without a reference beam were used to monitor behaviors of charged particles produced in nitrogen plasma as a function of electrode temperature ranging between 50 and 300℃. Holograms were characterized as a function of the pixel sum and grayscale value. Pixel sum calculated in identified grayscale ranges strongly correlated with ion density and emitted light intensity measured with a langmuir probe and optical emission spectroscopy, respectively. The performance was further evaluated with data acquired as a function of N₂ and NH₃ flow rates and improved correlations were observed in the new grayscale range. The confirmed correlations indicate that a hologram is a viable means to diagnose behaviors of plasma particles such as ions. Underlying principles are discussed in view of particle and charge composing vacuum and light.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.656-664
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 하프톤 영상을 LUT(Look-Up Table)를 이용하여 워터마킹하는 새로운 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 방법에서는 워터마크 비트가 하프톤 영상내의 랜덤한 위치의 픽셀에 저장된다. 하프톤 영상의 픽셀값은 그레이스케일 픽셀값과 이웃한 하프톤 픽셀값으로 인덱싱되는 LUT 항목이 된다. LUT는 그레이스케일 영상과 대응되는 하프톤 영상의 집합에 의하여 학습된다. 본 방법의 장점은 다른 방법들에 비하여 상당히 빠른 속도로 워터마킹할 수 있다는 것이다. 따라서 본 알고리즘은 프린터안에 내장될 수 있다. 실제로 스캔된 영상들을 이용한 실험에서 제안된 알고리즘이 가시적인 왜곡 없이 많은 양의 워터마크 데이터를 영상 안에 감출 수 있으며 DHED와 비교하여 품질은 비슷하고 실행시간은 단축된다.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2010

This study is mainly for the reduction of exposure dose by using a heavy elements filter(Gd) in the digital radiology. They contained heavy elements filter of Gd and X-ray beam hardening filters such as Al and Cu. According to the results of experimental evaluation, X-ray property was not changed with variety of kVp in the case of the Gd filter. The surface dose and absorption dose were increased in order of Cu and Al. The contrast of image showed the higher value in order of Cu, Al and Gd. While the use of Gd has increased the numerical value of the CR image, and grayscale has decreased noise value of the DR image.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.175-190
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• 2023

This article aims to quantitatively predict the snowmelt in extreme cold regions, considering a combination of grayscale and neural models. The traditional non-equidistant GM(1,1) prediction model is optimized by adjusting the time-distance weight matrix, optimizing the background value of the differential equation and optimizing the initial value of the model, and using the BP neural network for the first. The adjusted ice forecast model has an accuracy of 0.984 and posterior variance and the average forecast error value is 1.46%. Compared with the GM(1,1) and BP network models, the accuracy of the prediction results has been significantly improved, and the quantitative prediction of the ice sheet is more accurate. The monitoring and maintenance of the structure by quantitative prediction model by gray models was clearly demonstrated in the model.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2010

The setting parameters of ultrasound scanner give influences to change of image. Sonographers have used a Matlab program to make Low Contrast Sensitivity(LCS) value and compared original images in order to evaluate the use of the supersonic diagnosis machinery. We confirmed the change of image in Grayscale values using Photoshop program. Experiment equipment of our research used A Medison Accuvix V10, A Multi-Tissue Ultrasound Phantom(040 GSE) of CHRIS Company, A Adobe Photoshop CS4 Program, A Convex Probe, A USB memory stick, A Probe Fixation Equipment. The method used Gain, Dynamic Range(DR) of the setting parameters of ultrasound scanner and researched Gain and DR was set to 10 dB. We changed the different settings to see the changes of images using Grayscale values of a Photoshop program about tissue images of a phantom. This study evaluated DR and Gain whether it is an image controller to get the optimum contrast to produce an image to see the how effect on the images. We did not use Gateway in supersonic diagnosis machinery. We can easily open to open the files through Photoshop program before we get Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine(DICOM) files use USB memory stick in supersonic diagnosis machinery. When we diagnosed the lesion of the patient with ultrasound, the contrast and the Gray scale value of image are very important. In this research, we determined the optimum setting parameters that provided useful information to diagnose disease and evaluated the change of improved images.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2023

X-Ray, CT, MRI, 스캐너 등과 같은 장치는 영상 획득 과정 중 여러 원인으로 인해 S&P 잡음을 생성할 수 있다. 영상에 나타난 S&P 잡음은 영상의 품질을 저하시키기 때문에, 영상처리 과정에 잡음제거 기술을 필수적으로 사용해야 한다. S&P 잡음 제거에 관한 연구는 이미 다양한 방법이 제안되었으나, 이들 모두 잡음 밀도가 큰 환경에서는 잔여 잡음을 생성하는 문제점이 있었다. 따라서 본 논문은 영상의 grayscale 값을 새로운 축으로 설정하여 3차원의 평면 방정식을 기반으로 필터링하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 알고리즘은 로컬마스크를 세분화하여 가장 근접한 3개의 비잡음 화소를 유효 화소로 설계하여, 복수의 화소를 가진 영역에 대해 코사인 유사도를 적용하였다. 또한, 입력한 화소가 평면을 이룰 수 없는 경우에도 예외 화소로 분류하여 잔여 잡음 없이 우수한 복원을 이루었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.721-726
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• 2004

영상의 이진화는 문자 인식, 영상 분석 등 다양한 영상 처리 분야의 전처리 과정으로 자주 적용되고 있다. 영상 이진화는 임계치의 설정에 따라 처리 성능이 좌우되며, 대부분의 기존 이진화 방법은 밝기 값의 히스토그램을 사용하여 평균 밝기 값이나 히스토그램의 골짜기를 임계치로 설정한다. 이와 같은 방법은 양봉의 특징을 보이지 않거나 특정 영상을 추출하려는 경우에는 적절한 임계치를 얻기 어렵다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 그레이 스케일 영상에서 밝기 값을 여러 구간으로 분할하여 각 구간의 밝기 평균값을 구하고, 두 개의 구간에 대해 평균값 사이의 거리를 각 구간에서 평균값과 양극과의 거리 비율로 나누어서 계산된 값을 두 개의 구간을 합친 새로운 구간의 임계치로 설정한다. 최종적으로 하나의 구간이 생성될 때까지 구간 통합과 임계값 계산을 반복함으로써 이진화 임계값을 산출한다. 제안된 이진화 방법의 성능을 평가하기 위하여 다양한 종류의 영상에 적용한 결과, 기존의 이진화 방법들보다 효율적인 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2013

Automatic measurement system is required since cycle time and cost of production are increased by various factors in manual systems. This paper presents a machine vision based prototype measurement system for the automotive axisymmetric shape parts which are generally measured by a manual system that is required the tolerance of the part is very small on each machined surface. This measurement system adopts a method in which optical lens is transferred along the profile of the part to minimize measurement cycle time. The main interest of this paper is a development of an optimum measurement algorithm to the outside diameter of the parts that can be applied to various combinations of hardware. The operating system used to implement the whole system is Window XP and corresponding environment.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.466-477
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• 2014

Many image hiding schemes based on least significant bit (LSB) transformation have been proposed. One of the LSB-based image hiding schemes that employs diamond encoding was proposed in 2008. In this scheme, the binary secret data is converted into base n representation, and the converted secret data is concealed in the cover image. Here, we show that this scheme has two vulnerabilities: noticeable spots in the stego-image, i.e., a non-smooth embedding result, and inefficiency caused by rough re-adjustment of falling-off-boundary value and impractical base translation. Moreover, we propose a new scheme that is efficient and produces a smooth and high quality embedding result by restricting n to power of 2 and using a sophisticated re-adjustment procedure. Our experimental results show that our scheme yields high quality stego-images and is secure against RS detection attack.