• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.354-361
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• 2023

Most of spinal diseases are diagnosed based on the subjective judgment of a specialist, so numerous studies have been conducted to find objectivity by automating the diagnosis process using deep learning. In this paper, we propose a method that combines segmentation and feature extraction, which are frequently used techniques for diagnosing spinal diseases. Four models, U-Net, U-Net++, DeepLabv3+, and M-Net were trained and compared using 1000 X-ray images, and key-points were derived using Douglas-Peucker algorithms. For evaluation, Dice Similarity Coefficient(DSC), Intersection over Union(IoU), precision, recall, and area under precision-recall curve evaluation metrics were used and U-Net++ showed the best performance in all metrics with an average DSC of 0.9724. For the average Euclidean distance between estimated key-points and ground truth, U-Net was the best, followed by U-Net++. However the difference in average distance was about 0.1 pixels, which is not significant. The results suggest that it is possible to extract key-points based on segmentation and that it can be used to accurately diagnose various spinal diseases, including spondylolisthesis, with consistent criteria.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.83-92
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• 2020

A recent study to determine the fall is focused on analyzing fall motions using a recurrent neural network (RNN), and uses a deep learning approach to get good results for detecting human poses in 2D from a mono color image. In this paper, we investigated the improved detection method to estimate the position of the head and shoulder key points and the acceleration of position change using the skeletal key points information extracted using PoseNet from the image obtained from the 2D RGB low-cost camera, and to increase the accuracy of the fall judgment. In particular, we propose a fall detection method based on the characteristics of post-fall posture in the fall motion analysis method and on the velocity of human body skeleton key points change as well as the ratio change of body bounding box's width and height. The public data set was used to extract human skeletal features and to train deep learning, GRU, and as a result of an experiment to find a feature extraction method that can achieve high classification accuracy, the proposed method showed a 99.8% success rate in detecting falls more effectively than the conventional primitive skeletal data use method.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2023

딥러닝 기반의 이미지 세그멘테이션은 차선 인식을 위해 널리 사용되는 접근 방식 중 하나로, 차선의 키포인트를 추출하기 위한 후처리 과정이 필요하다. 일반적으로 키포인트는 사용자가 지정한 임계값을 기준으로 추출한다. 하지만 최적의 임계값을 찾는 과정은 큰 노력을 요구하며, 데이터 세트(또는 이미지)마다 최적의 값이 다를 수 있다. 본 연구는 사용자의 직접 임계값 지정 대신, 대상의 이미지에 맞추어 적절한 임계값을 자동으로 설정하는 키포인트 추출 알고리즘을 제안한다. 본 논문의 키포인트 추출 알고리즘은 차선 영역과 배경의 명확한 구분을 위해 줄 단위 정규화를 사용한다. 그리고 커널 밀도 추정을 사용하여, 각 줄에서 각 차선의 키포인트를 추출한다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 TuSimple과 CULane 데이터 세트에 적용되었으며, 고정된 임계값 사용 대비 정확도 및 거리오차 측면에서 1.80%p와 17.27% 향상된 결과를 얻는 것을 확인하였다.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.137-145
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• 2012

Recent developments in underwater image recognition methods have received large attention by the ocean engineering researchers. In this paper, an improved bi-dimensional empirical mode decomposition (BEMD) approach is employed to decompose the given underwater image into intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) and residual. We developed a joint algorithm based on BEMD and Canny operator to extract multi-pixel edge features at multiple scales in IMFs sub-images. So the multiple pixel edge extraction is an advantage of our approach; the other contribution of this method is the realization of the bi-dimensional sifting process, which is realized utilizing regional-based operators to detect local extreme points and constructing radial basis function for curve surface interpolation. The performance of the multi-pixel edge extraction algorithm for processing underwater image is demonstrated in the contrast experiment with both the proposed method and the phase congruency edge detection.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.488-495
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• 2009

This paper presents a fast feature extraction method for autonomous mobile robots utilizing parallel processing and based on OpenMP, SSE (Streaming SIMD Extension) and CUDA programming. In the first step on CPU version, the algorithms and codes are optimized and then implemented by parallel processing. The parallel algorithms are debugged to maintain the same level of performance and the process for extracting key points and obtaining dominant orientation with respect to key points is parallelized. After extraction, a parallel descriptor via SSE instructions is constructed. And the GPU version also implemented by parallel processing using CUDA based on the SIFT. The GPU-Parallel descriptor achieves an acceleration up to five times compared with the CPU-Parallel descriptor, but it shows the lower performance than CPU version. CPU version also speed-up the four and half times compared with the original SIFT while maintaining robust performance.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.363-372
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• 2017

This paper presents a novel face recognition algorithm based on the deep convolution neural network and key point detection jointed local binary pattern methodology to enhance the accuracy of face recognition. We firstly propose the modified face key feature point location detection method to enhance the traditional localization algorithm to better pre-process the original face images. We put forward the grey information and the color information with combination of a composite model of local information. Then, we optimize the multi-layer network structure deep learning algorithm using the Fisher criterion as reference to adjust the network structure more accurately. Furthermore, we modify the local binary pattern texture description operator and combine it with the neural network to overcome drawbacks that deep neural network could not learn to face image and the local characteristics. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm obtains stronger robustness and feasibility compared with the other state-of-the-art algorithms. The proposed algorithm also provides the novel paradigm for the application of deep learning in the field of face recognition which sets the milestone for further research.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2019

The stereo geometry establishment based on the precise sensor modeling is prerequisite for accurate stereo data processing. Ground control points are generally required for the accurate sensor modeling though it is not possible over the area where the accessibility is limited or reference data is not available. For the areas, the relative orientation should be carried out to improve the geometric consistency between the stereo data though it does not improve the absolute positional accuracy. The relative orientation requires conjugate points that are well distributed over the entire image region. Therefore the automatic conjugate point extraction is required because the manual operation is labor-intensive. In this study, we applied the method consisting of the key point extraction, the search space minimization based on the epipolar line, and the rigorous outlier detection based on the RPCs (Rational Polynomial Coefficients) bias compensation modeling. We tested different parameters of window sizes for Kompsat-2 across track stereo data and analyzed the RPCs precision after the bias compensation for the cases whether the epipolar line information is used or not. The experimental results showed that matching outliers were inevitable for the different matching parameterization but they were successfully detected and removed with the rigorous method for sub-pixel level of stereo RPCs precision.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2013

Accurate and robust image registration is important task in many applications such as image retrieval and computer vision. To perform the image registration, essential required steps are needed in the process: feature detection, extraction, matching, and reconstruction of image. In the process of these function, feature extraction not only plays a key role, but also have a big effect on its performance. There are two representative algorithms for extracting image features, which are scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) and speeded up robust feature (SURF). In this paper, we present and evaluate two methods, focusing on comparative analysis of the performance. Experiments for accurate and robust feature detection are shown on various environments such like scale changes, rotation and affine transformation. Experimental trials revealed that SURF algorithm exhibited a significant result in both extracting feature points and matching time, compared to SIFT method.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.407-414
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• 2008

본 논문은 항공사진과 위성영상의 서로 다른 해상도를 지닌 이종센서 영상들에 대한 효율적인 특이점 자동 매칭 기법에 대한 알고리즘에 관한 연구이다. 본 연구의 자동 매칭 알고리즘은 매칭 정확도 및 속도를 향상시키기 위해 다양한 영상 처리 방법을 적용하였다. 특이점을 추출하기 위하여 전처리 과정, 필터링, 세선화, 특이점 추출 방법을 사용하였으며, 특이점에 대한 키서술자(Key-descriptor)를 비교하여 매칭의 정확도를 향상시켰다. 특히 본 연구에서 제안된 이종센서간의 정확도 높은 자동 영상 매칭을 위해 센서마다 지닌 기하학적 및 방사학적인 영상의 특징을 활용하였다. 아울러 매칭 속도를 높이기 위해 센서 모델을 이용하여 탐색 영역을 최소화 하고 매칭이 잘못된 특이점을 제거할 수 있는 방법을 제시하고 있다.

• 한국측량학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국측량학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표회논문집
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• pp.171-176
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• 2004

Image matching is fundamental process in photogrammetry and computer vision to identify and to measure corresponding features on the multiple images. Uniqueness of the matching entities and robustness of the algorithm are the key issues that have influence on quality of the matching result. The optimal solution could be obtained by utilizing appropriate matching entities in the first place. In this study, candidate matching points were extracted by interest operator, and an area-based matching method was applied with characteristics of the gray value distribution as the matching entities. The characteristic information is based on the concept of "intrinsic image" (or parameter image). The information was utilized as additional and/or complementary matching entities. Matching on interest points with the characteristic information resulted in high quality of matching because matching windows were created with surrounding pixels of the interest points that contain distinct and unique features. The experiment shows that matching quality and reliability increase by exploiting interest operator, and the characteristic information has potential to be matching entity.