• Title/Summary/Keyword: Signal-to-Noise Ratio Enhancement

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Pulse Integration Technique for VTS Application (VTS 적용을 위한 펄스 적분 기법)

  • Park, Dong-Hwa;Jeong, Se-Young;Choi, Kwan-Beum;Kim, Byung-Doo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.39C no.7
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    • pp.521-527
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    • 2014
  • Most of Sea Surveillance Radar(SSR)s which are used in Vessel Traffic Service are Magnetron-based Non-Coherent Method and use the pulse integration technique having a signal to noise ratio enhancement function to satisfy a surveillance performance about target. Especially, Pulse Integration technique has an effect on target serveillance performance through signal to noise ratio, in addition, has an effect to improve a signal interference and noise spike. In this paper, we have a simulation experiment by using MATLAB simulation tool for appling a pulse integration technique in VTS system using a Non-Coherent radar, and verify an optimum pulse integration technique through out performance analysis between frequently use pulse integration techniques.

Adaptive Noise Canceller by Weight Updating Control Method for Speech Enhancement (음성향상을 위한 가중치 갱신제어방식의 적응소음제거기)

  • Kim, Gyu-Dong;Lee, Yun-Jung;Kim, Pil-Un;Chang, Yong-Min;Cho, Jin-Ho;Kim, Myoung-Nam
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.10 no.8
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    • pp.1004-1016
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    • 2007
  • In this paper we proposed a Weight-Update-Control Adaptive Noise Canceller which improves speech when environmental noise is stationary and it is hard to acquire a reference signal. Adaptive Noise Canceller(ANC) needs a reference signal, but it is not easy to measure pure noise without voice for reference in factory. Because there are mixed various mechanical noise and workers' voice. Therefore ANC is not suitable to reduce background noise. So we proposed the method that uses an arbitrary constant as an input signal and inputs microphone signal to the reference signal. The noise is eliminated using updated weights in non-speech range. In speech range the weight is fixed and the modified voice is acquired then voice is restored through transversal filter. The proposed method is based on facts that the factory noise is stationary and the noise is not changed in short conversation range. As a result of simulation using MATLAB, we confirmed that the proposed method is effective for reducing factory noise and has high signal to noise ratio(SNR).

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Hepatocellular carcinomas: correlation of enhancement degree with pathologic grades triple contrast MR imaging

  • Kim, Joo-Hee;Kim, Myeong-Jin;Park, Young-Nyun;Kim, Kyung-Sik;Lee, Woo-Jung
    • Proceedings of the KSMRM Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.108-108
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    • 2001
  • Purpose: To correlate the histological differentiation of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) with finding on triple contrast-enhanced MR imaging using gadolinium-chelates, superparamganetic ire oxides (SPIO), and mangafodipir trisodium. Method: Ten patients with proven HCC underwent triple contrast-enhanced MRI befo surgical resection. Subjective ratings of the enhancement pattern and degree were compare with the histological grades determined on surgical specimen. Quantitative measurements signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of the lesion and the lesion-to-liver contrast-to-noise ratio C/N on the enhanced MR images, and the degree of S/N and C/N changes between the unenhanced and enhanced images were also correlated with the histological grades.

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Implementation of the single channel adaptive noise canceller using TMS320C30 (TMS320C30을 이용한 단일채널 적응잡음제거기 구현)

  • Jung, Sung-Yun;Woo, Se-Jeong;Son, Chang-Hee;Bae, Keun-Sung
    • Speech Sciences
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.73-81
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    • 2001
  • In this paper, we focus on the real time implementation of the single channel adaptive noise canceller(ANC) by using TMS320C30 EVM board. The implemented single channel adaptive noise canceller is based on a reference paper [1] in which it is simulated by using the recursive average magnitude difference function(AMDF) to get a properly delayed input speech on a sample basis as a reference signal and normalized least mean square(NLMS) algorithm. To certify results of the real time implementation, we measured the processing time of the ANC and enhancement ratio according to various signalto-noise ratios(SNRs). Experimental results demonstrate that the processing time of the speech signal of 32ms length with delay estimation of every 10 samples is about 26.3 ms, and almost the same performance as given in [1] is obtained with the implemented system.

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Image Enhancement Algorithm and its Application in Image Defogging

  • Jun Cao
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.465-473
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    • 2023
  • An image enhancement algorithm and image defogging method are studied in this paper. The formation of fog and the characteristics of fog image are analyzed, and the fog image is preprocessed by histogram equalization method; then the additive white noise is removed by foggy image attenuation model, the atmospheric scattering physical model is constructed, the image detail characteristics are enhanced by image enhancement method, and the visual effect of defogging image is enhanced by guided filtering method. The proposed method has a good defogging effect on the image. When the number of training iterations is 3,000, the peak signal-to-noise ratio of the proposed method is 43.29 dB and the image structure similarity is 0.9616, indicating excellent image defogging effect.

An Improved VAD Algorithm Employing Speech Enhancement Preprocessing and Threshold Updating (음성 향상 전처리와 문턱값 갱신을 적용한 향상된 음성검출 방법)

  • 이윤창;안상식
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.28 no.11C
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    • pp.1161-1168
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, we propose an improved statistical model-based voice activity detection algorithm and threshold update method. We first improve signal-to-noise ratio by using speech enhancement preprocessing algorithm combined power subtraction method and matched filter, then apply it to LLR test optimum decision rule for improving the performance even in low SNR conditions. And we propose an adaptive threshold update method that was not concerned in any papers. We also perform extensive computer simulations to demonstrate the performance improvement of the proposed VAD algorithm employing the proposed speech enhancement preprocessing algorithm and adaptive threshold update method under various background noise environments. Finally we verify our results by comparing ITU-T G.729 Annex B.

Enhancement of signal-to-noise ratio for uroflowmetric test regardless of urination situation (요속검사시 배뇨상황에 무관한 신호대잡음비 개선 기법)

  • Kim, Kyung-Ah;Choi, Seong-Su;Lee, Sang-Bong;Kim, Kyoung-Oak;Park, Kyung-Soon;Shin, Eun-Young;Kim, Wun-Jae;Cha, Eun-Jong
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.423-431
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    • 2009
  • Standard uroflowmetry measures the urine weight using single load cell to evaluate the urinary flow rate. Impact noise should be introduced due to gravity when the urine stream falls down into the container upon the load cell. The present study placed three load cells on the three vertices of a regular triangle and the three signals were ensemble averaged to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) regardless of how the urination was made. Simulated urination experiment was performed with three different urine collection methods. In all three methods, SNR of the averaged signal was much higher than each load cell signals. With no urine collection device, the present signal averaging technique resulted in SNR values higher by 10~15 dB than when dual funnels or upper funnel were used to guide the urine stream. Therefore, it was demonstrated that the three point measurement followed by with ensemble averaging could enable accurate uroflowmetric test without any specially made urine collection devices.

Morphology-Based Homomorphic Filter for Contrast Enhancement of Mammographic Images (유방조영 영상의 대비개선을 위한 형체기반 호모몰픽필터)

  • Hwang, Hee-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.522-527
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, a new MBHF(Morphology-Based Homomorphic filter) is presented to enhance contrast in mammographic images. The MBH filtering is performed based on the morphological sub-bands, in which an image is morphologically decomposed. The filter is designed to have optimal gain and structuring element in each sub-band through differential evolution. Experimental results show that the proposed method improves the contrast in mammographic images such that an evaluation criterion, WPSNR(Weighted Peak Signal to Noise Ratio) which takes into account human visual system is increased compared with a wavelet-based Homomorphic filter.

Application of Diversity Technique to the Beamforming System for Mobile Communication

  • Ryu, Kil-Hyen;Hong, Jae-Keun
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.28 no.3A
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    • pp.119-128
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    • 2003
  • A space diversity technique was applied to the conventional optimal beamforming structure using antenna arrays at the base station receiver in the wireless mobile communication system to get performance enhancement due to interference rejection and fading resistance ability of it. To demonstrate the benefit of proposed system, we derived output signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of combined signal from all sub-array groups considering the fading effects and compared with the beamforming-only system. From the analysis and simulation results, we showed that the proposed system can provide high performance gain under Rayleigh fading channel.

Application of the Correlation Technique to Electromagnetic Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation: Theoretical Study and Computer Simulation

  • Zhao, Xin;Wang, Jin-Peng;Tao, Xue-Heng
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.9 no.12
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    • pp.1628-1635
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    • 2006
  • A new frequency-modulated m-sequence correlation technique was described. It has. been seen that the frequency modulation scheme leads to higher signal-to-noise ratio than direct sequencing and less hardware effort than PSK modulation scheme. The operating frequency of the correlation system was deduced. The optimal frequency for the frequency-modulated m-sequence correlation system should be 1.35 times of the center frequency of the transducer. The application of this correlation technique to electromagnetic ultrasonic system was computer-simulated.

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