• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.66-74
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• 2023

Holography is the most promising 3D imaging technology to faithfully record and reproduce light information. In addition, it is widely explored in metrology for applications such as microscopy and tomography because it can accurately measure 3D shapes. However, the data size of a digital hologram is very large, and the data characteristics are notably different from those of conventional 2D images. The Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) is a group of experts from the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission. This group develops and maintains standards for still image compression. In 2014, the JPEG released a new standard for 3D image compression called JPEG Pleno to represent light fields, point clouds, and holograms. Among them, JPEG Pleno Holography is the first international standard for hologram compression. We review recent advances in JPEG Pleno Holography standardization and discuss future directions of development.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.145-155
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• 2019

Holography is a technique that can acquire and reproduce 3D objects nearly perfectly by representing both the amplitude and phase of light. Recently, digital holography has received considerable attention because it is simpler than analog holography from acquisition to reproduction. The data size of the digital hologram increases tremendously as the quality of digital holograms depends on their pixel pitch and resolution. Hence, efficient compression is necessary to realize holographic imaging services. In this report, we introduce recent digital hologram compression techniques and JPEG Pleno holography, which is the first international standardization activity for digital hologram compression. Furthermore, we discuss the future of this field.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.93-108
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• 2019

Guaranteeing interoperability between devices and applications is the core role of standards organizations. Since its first JPEG standard in 1992, the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) has published several image coding standards that have been successful in a plethora of imaging markets. Recently, these markets have become subject to potentially disruptive innovations owing to the rise of new imaging modalities such as light fields, point clouds, and holography. These so-called plenoptic modalities hold the promise of facilitating a more efficient and complete representation of 3D scenes when compared to classic 2D modalities. However, due to the heterogeneity of plenoptic products that will hit the market, serious interoperability concerns have arisen. In this paper, we particularly focus on the holographic modality and outline how the JPEG committee has addressed these tremendous challenges. We discuss the main use cases and provide a preliminary list of requirements. In addition, based on the discussion of real-valued and complex data representations, we elaborate on potential coding technologies that range from approaches utilizing classical 2D coding technologies to holographic content-aware coding solutions. Finally, we address the problem of visual quality assessment of holographic data covering both visual quality metrics and subjective assessment methodologies.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.94-104
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• 2022

Because of its convenience and compatibility with various image processing techniques, digital image representation of holograms is generally used in digital holography, and thus, quality assessment of digital holograms is an essential issue. This study proposes a new objective quality metric for digital phase hologram image processing. The proposed metric is based on a newly defined phase distortion created by taking the 2π periodicity of phase information into account. The experimental results show that the proposed metric correlates with reconstruction image quality better than the existing metric under random distortions and also works well with JPEG 2000 compression. It is expected to be broadly used in phase image processing and compression applications including phase holograms.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.55-78
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• 2023

디지털 홀로그래피 현미경을 통해 획득한 간섭무늬는 시료의 두께 정보를 포함하고 있다. 하지만 데이터의 용량이 크다는 단점이 존재한다. 따라서 간섭무늬가 담고 있는 시료의 두께 정보 손상을 최소화하면서 데이터 크기를 줄일 수 있는 압축 방법이 요구된다. 본 논문은 위상 압축 방법을 제시하여 JPEG Pleno Holography에서 사용되는 간섭무늬 압축 방법보다 위상 압축 방법이 더 효율적임을 실험을 통해 확인했다. RMSE와 BD-Rate 그리고 PSNR을 사용하여 평가한 결과 위상 압축 방법이 간섭무늬 압축 방법보다 최고 92.39% 향상된 성능을 보였다. 또한 다양한 조건 아래에서 실험을 진행하여 조건 별 압축 성능을 비교분석 했다. 간섭무늬 압축 방법의 경우 시료의 두께를 계산하기 위한 위상 정보뿐 아니라 다른 정보들도 포함하고 있음에 반해, 위상 압축 방법은 간섭무늬에서 불필요한 정보들을 제거 후 위상에 대한 정보만을 압축하는 방식이기 때문에 더 높은 성능을 보이는 것으로 판단 된다.