• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.288-304
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• 2019

The growth of telemedicine-based wireless communication for images-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT)-leads to the necessity of learning the concept of image compression. Over the years, the transform based and spatial based compression techniques have attracted many types of researches and achieve better results at the cost of high computational complexity. In order to overcome this, the optimization techniques are considered with the existing image compression techniques. However, it fails to preserve the original content of the diagnostic information and cause artifacts at high compression ratio. In this paper, the concept of histogram based multilevel thresholding (HMT) using entropy is appended with the optimization algorithm to compress the medical images effectively. However, the method becomes time consuming during the measurement of the randomness from the image pixel group and not suitable for medical applications. Hence, an attempt has been made in this paper to develop an HMT based image compression by utilizing the opposition based improved harmony search algorithm (OIHSA) as an optimization technique along with the entropy. Further, the enhancement of the significant information present in the medical images are improved by the proper selection of entropy and the number of thresholds chosen to reconstruct the compressed image.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.292-298
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• 2022

There is a limit to improving the image quality through global processing of images taken under backlighting because too bright and dark parts are mixed in one scene. This paper introduces a method to improve the quality of a photo by making two virtual images that improve the dark and bright areas of a backlit photo, and fusing them with the original image into a Laplacian pyramid. The proposed method reduces the computational burden by using histogram stretching and gamma transformation that can be simplified with LUT when creating the two virtual images. In addition, in order to obtain a color-enhanced image, contrast conversion was performed only on the luminance using the HSV coordinate system. The proposed technique showed its effectiveness by calculating several NIQA indicators using standard image data sets.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.345-354
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• 2000

Purpose : Conventional radiation therapy Portal images gives low contrast images. The purpose of this study was to enhance image contrast of a linacgram by developing a low-cost image processing method. Materials and Methods : Chest linacgram was obtained by irradiating humanoid Phantom and scanned using Diagnostic-Pro scanner for image processing. Several types of scan method were used in scanning. These include optical density scan, histogram equalized scan, linear histogram based scan, linear histogram independent scan, linear optical density scan, logarithmic scan, and power square root scan. The histogram distribution of the scanned images were plotted and the ranges of the gray scale were compared among various scan types. The scanned images were then transformed to the gray window by pallette fitting method and the contrast of the reprocessed portal images were evaluated for image improvement. Portal images of patients were also taken at various anatomic sites and the images were processed by Gray Scale Expansion (GSE) method. The patient images were analyzed to examine the feasibility of using the GSE technique in clinic. Results :The histogram distribution showed that minimum and maximum gray scale ranges of 3192 and 21940 were obtained when the image was scanned using logarithmic method and square root method, respectively. Out of 256 gray scale, only 7 to 30$\%$ of the steps were used. After expanding the gray scale to full range, contrast of the portal images were improved. Experiment peformed with patient image showed that improved identification of organs were achieved by GSE in portal images of knee joint, head and neck, lung, and pelvis. Conclusion :Phantom study demonstrated that the GSE technique improved image contrast of a linacgram. This indicates that the decrease in image quality resulting from the dual exposure, could be improved by expanding the gray scale. As a result, the improved technique will make it possible to compare the digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRR) and simulation image for evaluating the patient positioning error.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.46-55
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• 2005

In this paper, we realize the panoramic infrared warning system to detect the small threaten object and propose the infrared image enhancement method to improve the warning ability of this system. This system composes of the sense head unit, the signal processing unit, and so on. In the proposed system, the sense head unit acquires the panoramic IR image with 360 degree field of view(FOV) by rotating the thermal sensor. The signal processing unit divides panoramic image into four sub-images with 90 degree FOV and computes the adaptive plateau value by using statistical characteristics of each subimage. Then the histogram equalization is performed for each subimage by using the adaptive plateau value. We realize the signal Processing unit by using the DSP and FPGA to perform the proposed method in real time. Experimental results show that the proposed method has better discrimination and lower false alarm rate than the conventional methods in this warning system.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.07c
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• pp.2645-2648
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• 2003

In this paper, real-time and reconfiguable hardware filter for face recognition is proposed and implemented on FPGA chip using verilog-HDL. In general, face recognition is considerably difficult because it is influenced by noises or the variation of illumination. Some of the commonly used filters such s histogram equalization filter, contrast stretching filter for image enhancement and illumination compensation filter are proposed for realizing more effective illumination compensation. The filter proposed in this paper was designed and verified by debugging and simulating on hardware. Experimental results show that the proposed filter system can generate selective set of real-time reconfiguable hardware filters suitable for face recognition in various situation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2003.09b
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• pp.177-180
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• 2003

텔레비젼 카메라, 비디콘 카메라(vidicon camera), 디지털 검지기, 스캐너 등 물리적 장치로 획득한 영상은 주위의 밝기로 인하여 어두운 영상을 얻거나 영상장치의 물리적 속성과 영상 전송에 기인하여 영상은 열악한 대비를 가질 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 획득한 저대비 영상을 대비 향상시켜주는 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은 K-means 알고리듬을 사용하여 교차점을 자동으로 선정하는 방법을 사용한다. 이 최적의 교차점을 선정하는 과정은 획득한 영상을 물체와 배경으로 분리하는 두 개의 클래스 문제로 보고 K-means 알고리듬을 적용하였다. 구한 교차점을 사용하여 영상을 양분하여 히스토그램 평활화 방법을 적용하였다. 본 논문에서는 퍼지성 지수(index of fuzziness)를 사용하여 향상의 정도를 측정하였다. 제안된 기법을 저대비 영상에 적용하였으며 그 결과를 히스토그램 평활화 기법의 결과와 비교하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.380-383
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 다시점 카메라를 기반으로 홀로그램 영상을 재생하는 기술을 제안한다. 본 논문에서는 다시점 카메라를 이용해 획득한 발레영상을 사용하여 깊이정보에서 관심객체만을 추출하였다. 추출한 관심객체의 홀로그램 복원화질을 향상시키기 위해 본 논문에서 제안한 함수를 적용하였다. 필터링된 관심객체의 깊이정보와 CGH(Computer-Generated Hologram) 기법을 이용하여 디지털 홀로그램을 생성하였다. 이 디지털 홀로그램을 PC 시뮬레이션을 통해 홀로그램 영상으로 복원한 후 제안한 기법의 적용결과를 주관적인 화질평가를 통해 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.85-88
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• 2016

대비 강화는 컴퓨터 비젼, 영상 처리, 패턴인식에서 전처리 과정으로 이용되며 그 역할이 중요하다. 2차원 히스토그램을 이용한 대비 강화 방법은 인접 픽셀 간의 정보를 이용해 대비를 강화시키기 때문에 1차원 히스토그램을 이용한 대비 강화 방법보다 우수하다. 2차원 히스토그램 기반 알고리즘에서 2차원 히스토그램의 인접픽셀 간의 화소값 차이에 따라 가중치를 주는 커널 (kernel)이 사용된다. 이러한 커널은 영상 마다 같은 가중치를 곱해주기 때문에 원하는 대비를 시켜주지 못하는 단점이 있다. 이에 본 논문은 2차원 히스토그램을 1차원 히스토그램으로 정사영을 시켜 평균값과 표준편차를 통해 2차원 히스토그램을 통계학적으로 분석한다. 그리고 선형회귀법을 이용하여 2차원 히스토그램의 통계적 정보에 따른 적응적 가중치 커널을 제안하고, 이를 이용하여 효율적 대비 강화를 한다. 실험 결과를 통해 제안하는 방법이 기존의 알고리즘에 비해 대비 향상 성능이 더 우수한 방법임을 확인하였다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.37-49
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• 1993

In this research, the WEF AX and APT(Automatic Picture Transmission) data receiving and image processing software using PC/AT called WADIPS(WEFAX and APT Data Integrated Processing System) Software has been developed. The main functions of WADIPS software are follow : 1) Real time receiving and saving to hard disk of WEFAX and APT data 2) B/W(Black and White) and false color display 3) Image enhancement using histogram stretch and color control 4) 2-4 times zooming 5) Hard copy of data using dithering and patterning 6) Animation 7) File management 8) On line help. WADIPS can be used in the offices or persons need real time meteorological information and education offices to teach the image processing technique and general characteristics of meteorological satellites.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2019.06a
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• pp.92-94
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 서브 블록별 상대적 거리에 따라 적응적으로 가중된 히스토그램 기반 지역적 대조비 향상 기법을 제안한다. 기존 지역적 대조비 향상 기법은 제한적인 공간의 정보만을 이용하기 때문에 과잉 대조비 향상, 결과 영상의 부자연스러움을 초래하는 반면, 제안하는 방법은 서브 블록별 상대적 거리에 반비례하는 가중치를 통해 더 넓은 공간의 정보를 적응적으로 이용하여 과잉 대조비 향상, 결과 영상의 부자연스러움을 효과적으로 방지한다. 실험 결과를 통해 제안하는 방법은 지역적 특성을 강화해주는 동시에 전역적인 자연스러움을 보존하는 것을 확인할 수 있다.