• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.319-331
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• 2022

The capability to examine an X-ray image is so far a challenging task. In this work, we suggest a practical and novel algorithm based on image fusion to inspect the issues such as background noise, blurriness, or sharpness, which curbs the quality of dual-energy X-ray images. The current technology exercised for the examination of bags and baggage is "X-ray"; however, the results of the incumbent technology used show blurred and low contrast level images. This paper aims to improve the quality of X-ray images for a clearer vision of illegitimate or volatile substances. A dataset of 40 images was taken for the experiment, but for clarity, the results of only 13 images have been shown. The results were evaluated using MSE and PSNR metrics, where the average PSNR value of the proposed system compared to single X-ray images was increased by 19.3%, and the MSE value decreased by 17.3%. The results show that the proposed framework will help discern threats and the entire scanning process.

• 한국인쇄학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.55-64
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• 2008

We designed a UV-LED exposure system which has 365nm dominant wavelength due to the environment-friendly and economical maskless screen plate making. And the photoresist applied on the screen stretched was exposed without mask by beam projector with UV-LED light source. Then it was developed by air spray with $1.7\;kgf/cm^2$ of injection pressure. The pencil hardness and solvent resistance of curing photoresist film were excellent as those of conventional photoresist film and the maximum resolution of line image formed by maskless screen plate making. was $100{\mu}m$, so we could establish the possibility of environment-friendly maskless screen plate making technology. But the sharpness of the patterns were ${\pm}40{\mu}m$ since the exposure system for maskless plate making has weak light intensity and the diffusion of light.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.101-106
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• 2004

In this paper, a blood vessel in an angiographic image, which plays an importance role in the diagnose diseases including in the eyes, brain and heart, is enhanced by using a directed diffusion technique. A fundamental component of the angiographic analysis is vessel segmentation that the proposed method provides a preprocessing of the image into a form suitable for human analysis, or more importantly, for machine analysis such the segmentation. Vessel enhancement is a challenging problem due to the complex nature of vascular trees and to imaging imperfections. Some parts of the inherent imperfections in angiography are the intensity inhomogeneity between the larger and smaller vessels, and another imperfection is the leakage of contrast agent into the background tissue that provides to low contrast between vessels and tissue. In the proposed scheme, the directed diffusion solves the problem by formulating a local geometric structure, which consists of direction and scale of the blood vessels. The diffusion process uses the local structure to enhance by a diffusivity tensor. The proposed algorithm can be applied to maintain sharpness and coherence-smooth the intra-regions into homogeneity better than traditional diffusion methods, which are Gaussian regulation and coherence enhancing diffusion.

• Journal of Ubiquitous Convergence Technology
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.27-39
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• 2008

In this paper we present a simple, efficient method for detecting the blurry photographs. Recently many digital cameras are equipped with various auto-focusing functions to help users take well-focused pictures as easily as possible. In addition, motion compensation devices are able to compensate motion causing blurriness in the images. However, digital pictures can be degraded by limited contrast, inappropriate exposure, imperfection of auto-focusing or motion compensating devices, unskillfulness of the photographers, and so on. In order to decide whether to process the images or not, or whether to delete them or not, reliable measure of image degradation to detect blurry images from sharp ones is needed. This paper presents a blurriness/sharpness measure, and demonstrates its feasibility by using extensive experiments. This method is fast, easy to implement and accurate. Regardless of the detection accuracy, the proposed measure in this paper is not demanding in computation time. Needless to say, this measure can be used for various imaging applications including auto-focusing and astigmatism correction.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.243-247
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• 2020

자율주행 시장이 급성장함에 따라 자율주행에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 자율주행 기능은 운전자의 안전을 위해 날씨에 상관없이 수행되어야 한다. 하지만 안개 낀 날씨에는 가시성이 떨어져 자율주행에 어려움을 겪기 때문에 안개 제거 알고리즘을 사용해야한다. 안개 제거 알고리즘을 통해 얻은 이미지는 영상의 품질저하를 발생 시킨다. 이러한 문제점을 개선하기 위해서 HSV 색 보정을 이용하여 선명도를 증가시킨다. 본 논문에서는 4K 영상에서도 대응할 수 있는 HSV를 이용한 색 보정 하드웨어를 제안한다. 이 하드웨어는 Verilog로 설계했으며 Modelsim을 통해 검증했다. 또한, Xilinx사의 xc7z045-2ffg900을 목표로 FPGA를 구현하였다.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제52권10호
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• pp.97-107
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• 2015

디지털 엑스레이 기기로부터 처음 획득된 엑스레이 영상은 데이터 범위가 일반 영상에 비해 넓고 밝기 레벨이 고르지 못하다. 특히 흉부 엑스레이 영상의 경우 다양한 이유로 촬영하기 때문에 갈비뼈와 혈관, 척추 뼈 등 특성이 다른 모든 부위들을 자연스럽게 개선할 필요가 있다. 이러한 엑스레이 영상의 경우 일반 영상과 특성이 다르기 때문에 기존의 화질 개선 알고리즘으로는 진단에 적합한 화질을 얻을 수 없다. 따라서 본 논문은 특정 밝기에 밀집된 정보들의 히스토그램 범위를 확장시키고, 주파수 대역 별 가중치 조절을 통한 선명도 개선 및 고주파 성분의 특성을 이용한 영상 융합 기법을 통해 최종적으로 영상의 대비를 적절하게 개선하는 흉부 엑스레이 영상용 화질 개선 방법을 제안한다. 또한 기존의 기법들과 비교하여 흉부 엑스레이 영상을 보다 자연스럽게 개선하는 것을 확인하고 discrete entropy와 saturation을 통해 정량적 평과 결과를 보인다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2007년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.109-112
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• 2007

디지털 카메라의 출현과 Mobile 장비에서의 카메라 적용으로 인하여 디지털화된 이미지의 화질개선이 지속적으로 연구되고 있다. 특히, 센서로부터 입력된 이미지는 영상으로 출려되기 전 ISP(Image Signal Process) 과정을 거치게 되는데, 이 단계에서 이미지는 고주파 성분의 Noise 제거를 위한 LPF(Low Pass Filter)에 의해 고역의 주파수 성분이 상쇄되는 결과를 가진다. 이에 본 논문에서는 LPF(Low Pass Filter)에 의해 고역의 주파수 성분이 상쇄되는 결과를 가진다. 이에 본 논문에서는 LPF에 의해 Blurring된 이미지를 윤곽선 검출 알고리즘을 사용하지 않고, 이미지 윤곽선이 가질 수 있는 다양한 상태를 고려하여 적절한 계수를 가지는 Adaptive-HPF(High Pass Filter)를 사용함으로써 더욱 선명한 영상을 출력하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘의 하드웨어 구현시 Total Gate Count는 8700여 개로 Mobile 장치에 적용될 수 있다는 것을 검증하였다.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2015

Purpose: Contrast, sharpness, enhancement, and density can be changed in digital systems. The important question is to what extent the changes in these variables affect the accuracy of caries detection. Materials and Methods: Forty eight extracted human posterior teeth with healthy or proximal caries surfaces were imaged using a photostimulable phosphor (PSP) sensor. All original images were processed using a six-step method: (1) applying "Sharpening 2" and "Noise Reduction" processing options to the original images; (2) applying the "Magnification 1:3" option to the image obtained in the first step; (3) enhancing the original images by using the "Diagonal/"option; (4) reviewing the changes brought about by the third step of image processing and then, applying "Magnification 1:3"; (5) applying "Sharpening UM" to the original images; and (6) analyzing the changes brought about by the fifth step of image processing, and finally, applying "Magnification 1:3." Three observers evaluated the images. The tooth sections were evaluated histologically as the gold standard. The diagnostic accuracy of the observers was compared using a chi-squared test. Results: The accuracy levels irrespective of the image processing method ranged from weak (18.8%) to intermediate (54.2%), but the highest accuracy was achieved at the sixth image processing step. The overall diagnostic accuracy level showed a statistically significant difference (p=0.0001). Conclusion: This study shows that the application of "Sharpening UM" along with the "Magnification 1:3" processing option improved the diagnostic accuracy and the observer agreement more effectively than the other processing procedures.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.71-81
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• 2017

Purpose: To compare three, motion-resistant, T1-weighted MR sequences on the hepatobiliary phase for gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR imaging of the liver. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, 79 patients underwent gadoxetic acid-enhanced, 3T liver MR imaging. Fifty-nine were examined using a standard protocol, and 20 were examined using a motion-resistant protocol. During the hepatocyte-specific phase, three MR sequences were acquired: 1) gradient recalled echo (GRE) with controlled aliasing in parallel imaging results in higher acceleration (CAIPIRINHA); 2) radial GRE with the interleaved angle-bisection scheme (ILAB); and 3) radial GRE with golden-angle scheme (GA). Two readers independently assessed images with motion artifacts, streaking artifacts, liver-edge sharpness, hepatic vessel clarity, lesion conspicuity, and overall image quality, using a 5-point scale. The images were assessed by measurement of liver signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and tumor-to-liver contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). The results were compared, using repeated post-hoc, paired t-tests with Bonferroni correction and the Wilcoxon signed rank test with Bonferroni correction. Results: In the qualitative analysis of cooperative patients, the results for CAIPIRINHA had significantly higher ratings for streak artifacts, liver-edge sharpness, hepatic vessel clarity, and overall image quality as compared to, radial GRE, (P < 0.016). In the imaging of uncooperative patients, higher scores were recorded for ILAB and GA with respect to all of the qualitative assessments, except for streak artifact, compared with CAIPIRINHA (P < 0.016). However, no significant differences were found between ILAB and GA. For quantitative analysis in uncooperative patients, the mean liver SNR and lesion-to-liver CNR with radial GRE were significantly higher than those of CAIPIRINHA (P < 0.016). Conclusion: In uncooperative patients, the use of the radial GRE sequence can improve the image quality compared to GRE imaging with CAIPIRINHA, despite the data acquisition methods used. The GRE imaging with CAIPIRINHA is applicable for patients without breath-holding difficulties.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.137-142
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• 2016

컴퓨터단층촬영(CT) 검사의 정맥주사(IV)시 조영제의 혈관외유출은 조직손상을 유발할 수 있다. Bolus tracking 시스템을 이용하여 조영제를 주입과정에서 발생하는 혈관외유출을 검출한다. 또한 조직손상을 방지하기 위하여 MPR 및 VR 영상을 이용하여 혈관외유출을 검출하였다. 조영제의 혈관외유출을 검출하기 위하여 16MDCT, 64MDCT를 사용하였다. 혈관외유출에 대한 3차원영상은 환자치료에 중요한 치료정보를 제공할 수 있다. 또한 조영제와 조직 간의 선예도를 개선하기 위해서 edge enhancement 영상처리기법을 적용하였고, 선예도 및 대조도가 개선되었다.