• 품질경영학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.405-412
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• 2013

Purpose: In this paper, the improvement of the image quality is investigated. The image quality is degraded by the drift phenomenon of EO/IR (Electro-Optical/Infrared) device on UAV. The drift phenomenon means that the image of EO/IR equipment on UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) moves to the unintended direction. This phenomenon should be improved for successful flight mission. Methods: To improve the drift phenomenon, the drift compensation method, the combination algorithm of FMC(Forward Motion Compensation) and AMC(Angular Motion Compensation) method, are introduced to calculate pitch and azimuth angle. Result values of pitch and azimuth angle are used for the improvement of image quality in EO/IR control logic. Results: The image quality is quantitatively improved more than 15 times through field test data of flight. Conclusion: Using the drift compensation technique, the image quality for EO/IR equipment is improved over 15 times than existing methods. This means the user of UAV with EO/IR device can perform a successful mission by keeping the line of sight for the target accurately.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2007년도 7th International Meeting on Information Display 제7권2호
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• pp.1494-1496
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• 2007

This paper deals with image quality analysis considering the impact of psychological factors involved in assessment. The attributes of image quality requirement were partitioned according to the visual perception characteristics and the preference of image quality were obtained by the factor analysis method. The features of image quality which support the subjective preference were identified, The adequacy of image is evidenced to be the top requirement issues to the display image quality improvement.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2009년도 9th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.1164-1167
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• 2009

Motion-image-quality of LCD-TVs is discussed by dynamic spatial frequency response. Smaller temporal aperture or higher frame rate can improve dynamic response, but an increase of motion velocity easily cancels the improvement. A guideline for deciding the desirable temporal aperture and frame rate of LCD-TVs is described, under the condition that camera and display have the same parameters. Two candidates of the desirable parameter sets will be (240 or 300 Hz, 50 to 100% aperture) and (120Hz, 25 to 50% aperture), from the viewpoint of "limit of acceptance" on motion-imagequality-deterioration for critical picture materials.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권10호
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• pp.2328-2333
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• 2020

The filter technique was applied to noise images, as noise is the significant factor that cause poor image quality due to lower photon counting. The purpose of this study is to confirm that image quality can be improved using the median modified Wiener filter (MMWF) technique; this is achieved via a National Electrical Manufacturers Association International Electrotechnical Commission body phantom with four large spheres that are filled with the ^99mTc radioisotope when evaluating the image quality. Conventional filters such as Wiener, Gaussian, and median filters were designed, and signal to noise ratio, coefficient of variation, and contrast to noise ratio were used as the evaluation parameters. The improvement in the image quality was in the following order, from the least to the highest improvement, in all cases: Wiener filter, Gaussian filter, median filter, and the MMWF technique. The results show that the image quality was improved from 20.6 to 65.5%, 7.4-40.3%, and 12.7-44.7% for the SNR, COV, and CNR values, respectively, when using the MMWF technique, compared with the use of conventional filters. In conclusion, our results demonstrated that the MMWF technique is useful for reducing the noise distribution in gamma camera images.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제31B권4호
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• pp.30-39
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• 1994

A 1-chip high quality binarizing VLSI image processor (which has 8 bit ADC. 6 bit flash ADC, 15K standard cell, and 1K word ROM) based on 10 MIPS 16 bit DSP is implemented for FAX. This image processor(IP) performs image pre-processing. image quality improvement in copying and sending mode, and mixed image processing based on the fuzzy theory. And smoothing in sub-scan direction is applied for normal receiving mode data so the received data is enhanced like fine mode data. Each algorithm is processed with the same type of image processing window and 2-D image processing is implemented with a 1-D line buffer. The fabricated chip is applied to a FAX machine and image quality improvement is verified.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:소프트웨어및응용
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• 제37권7호
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• pp.573-577
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• 2010

영상 해상도 개선은 영상 복원이나 확대 같은 응용 분야에서 널리 사용되는 기술로서, 결과 영상에서의 블록 현상이나 인공물 발생과 같은 화질 열화를 제거하는 것이 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 영상의 손실 정보를 이용하는 영상 해상도 개선 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 획득 저해상도를 하위 레벨 보간을 통해서 손실 정보를 계산 및 추정하고 이를 보간된 고해상도 영상에 적용함으로서 1차적인 보간을 수행하고 획득 저해상도 영상과의 에러를 계산한 후 다시 보간된 영상에 적용하는 과정을 반복하여 최종적인 보간 영상을 생성한다. 동일한 영상을 이용한 시험을 통해서 비교 방법들보다 평균 PSNR에서 3.2㏈ 이상 향상된 것을 확인하였고, 주관적 화질도 개선된 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 계산복잡도를 85% 이상 감소시킬 수 있었다. 제안한 해상도 개선 방법은 영상 처리의 다양한 분야에서 기반 기술로 사용될 수 있다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.63-73
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 원본 영상에 존재하는 가로축 방향과 세로축 방향의 단순 볼록 곡면 혹은 단순 오목 곡면 특성을 정밀하게 조사한 후, 다양한 곡면의 특성을 효과적으로 활용하여 실제 영상의 픽셀 값에 더욱 근접한 보간 값을 구하고 이를 사용하여 확대 영상을 생성하는 확대 영상의 화질 개선 기법을 제안한다. 제안 기법의 절차에 따라 구해진 보간 값은 실제 영상에 존재하는 단순 볼록 곡면, 단순 오목 곡면, 복합 곡면상의 값을 갖게 되기 때문에 실제 영상에 더욱 근접한 확대 영상을 생성할 수 있어 확대 영상의 화질이 향상된다. 제안 기법을 적용하여 확대한 영상의 PSNR 값이 기존의 기법들을 적용하여 확대한 영상의 PSNR 값보다 큰 것을 확인하였다.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.217-223
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• 2010

In the case of image magnification by using interpolation methods, interpolated pixels are estimated from the known pixels in source image. The magnified image is composed of the known pixels in source image and the interpolated pixels which is estimated. If the interpolated pixels are estimated to have the locality which is exists in real images, the magnified image is much closer to the real image. In this paper, an improved interpolation scheme is proposed to estimate pixels from the known pixels in source image using the locality which is exists in real images. The magnified image by using the proposed interpolation scheme is much closer to the real image. The performance of the proposed interpolation scheme is evaluated by using PSNR(Peak Signal to Noise Ratio) in experiment. The PSNR of the magnified image by using the proposed scheme is improved than that of the magnified images by using existing interpolation methods. So, the proposed interpolation scheme is an efficient interpolation method for the quality improvement of magnified image.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권7호
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• pp.2341-2347
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• 2021

Because single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is one of the widely used nuclear medicine imaging systems, it is extremely important to acquire high-quality images for diagnosis. In this study, we designed a super-resolution (SR) technique using dense block-based deep convolutional neural network (CNN) and evaluated the algorithm on real SPECT phantom images. To acquire the phantom images, a real SPECT system using a^99mTc source and two physical phantoms was used. To confirm the image quality, the noise properties and visual quality metric evaluation parameters were calculated. The results demonstrate that our proposed method delivers a more valid SR improvement by using dense block-based deep CNNs as compared to conventional reconstruction techniques. In particular, when the proposed method was used, the quantitative performance was improved from 1.2 to 5.0 times compared to the result of using the conventional iterative reconstruction. Here, we confirmed the effects on the image quality of the resulting SR image, and our proposed technique was shown to be effective for nuclear medicine imaging.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.261-276
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• 2013

Purpose: This study intends to offer strategic implications that can be used in Korean medicine hospitals through analysis of causal relationship among factors focusing on image improvement and trust building. Methods: Differential model was introduced to test causal relationship. Questionnaire was developed, and data was collected and analyzed with Structural Equation Modeling. Results: Medical service has effects on image, trust, and CS. CS has an effect on trustworthiness, and trustworthiness has positive effect on loyalty intention and has negative effect on switching intention. Emotional attachment has moderating functions between trust and loyalty intention and between trust and switching intention. Conclusion: This study offers practical implications to relevant managers, at the same time it has limitations that omits relevant study of inducing factor for emotional attachment.