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Flood Monitoring and Extraction of Water Area Using Multi-temporal RADARSAT SAR Imagery (RADARSAT SAR 영상을 이용한 수계지역 추출 및 홍수지역 모니터링)

  • Sohn, Hong-Gyoo;Yoo, Hwan-Hee;Song, Yeong-Sun;Jung, Won-Jo
    • 한국지형공간정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.03a
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    • pp.48-53
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    • 2002
  • 본 연구에서는 각각 1998년 8월 12일(홍수 발생시), 8월 19일(홍수 발생 후) 옥천, 보은 지역을 촬영한 RADARSAT SAR 위성영상을 이용하여 수계지역 및 홍수지역 분류를 수행하고자 하였다. 이를 위해, 먼저 두 장의 위성영상에 대해서 각각 스페클 잡영(speckle noise)을 제거하고, ${\sigma}^0$(sigma naught, dB)을 계산한 후 수계지역에 대한 ${\sigma}^0$값을 분석하였다. 이 값을 기준으로 각각 두 장의 위성영상에서 각각 최대우도법을 이용하여 수계지역을 분류하였다. SAR 영상은 영상취득의 원리에 의해 지형의 기복에 따른 음영효과(shadow effect)가 발생하는데, 음영효과가 발생하는 지역의 ${\sigma}^0$값은 수계지역과 비슷한 반사특성(낮은 dB 값)을 보인다. 따라서 지형의 기복이 심한 지역의 수계지역 분류시 음영효과를 제거해야 효과적적인 분류를 할 수 있으며, 이를 위해 위성의 헤더자료로부터 촬영시 각각의 촬영중심을 계산하고, 촬영중심과 지상좌표와의 기하학적 관계를 고려하여 음영효과를 제거하였다. 마지막으로, 수계지역만이 추출된 영상에 대해 영상의 기하보정을 수행하였으며, 기하 보정된 두장의 위성영상에 대해 차분영상를 생성함으로서 홍수지역을 분류하였다.

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Comparison of Segmentation Performance depending on Despeckling Methods in Ultrasound Harmonic Imaging for Breast (유방 하모닉 초음파 영상에서 스펙클 잡음 제거 방법에 따른 영상 분할 성능 비교)

  • Jo, In A;Lee, Sihyoung;Kwon, Ju Won;Ro, Yong Man
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2010.04a
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    • pp.447-450
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    • 2010
  • 하모닉 초음파 영상은 일반 초음파 영상에 비해 조직 간의 영상 대조도와 해상도를 향상 시키고, 경계가 보다 명확하기 때문에 초음파 영상 진단 분야에서 각광받고 있다. 하지만 초음파 영상이 포함하고 있는 스펙클 잡음 (speckle noise)에 의한 화질 저하는 하모닉 초음파 영상에서도 여전히 문제가 되고 있다. 이러한 스펙클 잡음을 제거하기 위해 많은 스펙클 제거 (despeckling) 방법들이 연구되었으며, 대부분의 방법들이 영상의 시각적 개선에 초점을 두고 있다. 이러한 접근 방법은 잡음개선정도와 영상의 정보 손실의 상반 관계 (trade off)를 갖는다. 한편 병변 분할은 이런 잡음 제거 방법에 따라 다른 분할 성능을 보이게 된다. 따라서 정확한 병변 분할을 위해서는, 스펙클 제거 방법에 따른 병변 분할 성능을 비교하고, 그 결과를 토대로 병변 분할에 효과적인 스펙클 제거 방법에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 유방 하모닉 초음파 영상에서 다양한 스펙클 제거 방법을 사용하여 각각의 필터가 병변 분할 성능에 미치는 영향을 비교해 보았으며, 실험 결과를 바탕으로 유방 병변 분할에 효과적인 전처리 역할을 수행하는 필터에 대해 분석해 보았다.

Anisotropic Diffusion based on Directions of Gradient (기울기 방향성 기반의 이방성 확산)

  • Kim, Hye-Suk;Kim, Gi-Hong;Yoon, Hyo-Sun;Lee, Guee-Sang
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.8 no.11
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2008
  • Thanks to the multimedia technology development, it is possible to show image representations in high quality and to process images in various ways. Anisotropic diffusion as an effective diffusion filtering among many image preprocessing methods and postprocessing methods is used in reduction of speckle noises of ultrasound images, image restoration, edge detection, and image segmentation. However, the conventional anisotropic diffusion based on a cross-kernel causes the following problems. The problem is the concentration of edges in the vertical or horizontal directions. In this paper, a new anisotropic diffusion transform based on directions of gradient is proposed. The proposed method uses the eight directional square-kernel which is an expanded form of the cross-kernel. The proposed method is to select directions of small gradient based on square-kernel. Therefore, the range of proposed diffusion is selected adaptively according to the number of the directions of gradient. Experimental results show that the proposed method can decrease the concentration of edges in the vertical or horizontal directions, remove impulse noise. The image in high quality can be obtained as a result of the proposed method.

Removing SAR Speckle Noise Based on the Edge Sharpenig Algorithm (경계선 보존을 기반으로 한 SAR 영상의 잡영 제거 알고리즘에 대한 연구)

  • 손홍규;박정환;피문희
    • Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.3-8
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    • 2003
  • 모든 SAR 영상에는 전자기파 간의 간섭으로 인한 스페클 잡영(speckle)이 존재하며, 이를 제거하는 것은 양질의 SAR 영상을 얻기 위한 필수적인 전처리 과정 중 하나라고 할 수 있다. 그러나 이러한 스페클 잡영을 제거하기 위하여 기존에 제안되었던 알고리즘은 잡영은 효과적으로 감소시키는 반면 경계선과 같은 영상의 고유 정보까지 함께 감소시키는 한계가 있었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 SAR 영상의 경계선은 보존시키면서 영상으로부터 불필요한 잡영을 제거할 수 있는 알고리즘을 구현하고, 기존의 알고리즘과 비교하여 그 효율성을 평가하고자 한다. 영상의 통계적 특성에 근거하는 기존의 알고리즘과는 달리 웨이블렛 변환(Wavelet transform)으로 경계선 및 특징 정보의 여부를 판별한 후 평균 필터(mean filter)를 적용하는 경계선 보존(edge sharpening) 알고리즘은 경계 정보의 신뢰성을 향상시킬 수 있으며, 1차원 필터를 수평, 수직, 대각선, 역대각선 방향으로 적용함으로써 하나의 영상소를 중심으로 모든 방향에 대한 경계선 여부를 확인할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 512 × 512로 절취한 1-look SAR 영상에 대하여 창 크기 5 × 5의 경계선 보존 필터를 적용하고 동일영상에 대하여 기존의 Lee, Kuan, Frost 필터 등의 실험결과를 비교함으로써 그 적합성을 판단하고자 하였다. 실험결과에 대한 수치적인 평가는 ①정규화 평균을 이용하여 평균값의 보존 여부, ②편차 계수를 이용한 스페클 잡영의 제거 여부, ③경계선 보존지수(EPI)를 이용한 경계선의 보존 정도를 통해 이루어졌다. 본 연구의 실험결과를 통해 경계선 보존 필터는 평균값의 보존 여부 및 스페클 잡영 제거 정도에 있어 다른 필터들과 큰 차이가 없지만 경계선보존지수는 다른 필터들에 비하여 가장 우수함을 확인할 수 있었다.rbon 탐식효율을 조사한 결과 B, D 및 E 분획에서 유의적인 효과를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과를 종합해볼 때, ${\beta}$-glucan은 고용량일 때 직접적으로 또는 $IFN-{\gamma}$ 존재시에는 저용량에서도 복강 큰 포식세로를 활성화시킬 뿐 아니라, 탐식효율도 높임으로써 면역기능을 증진 시키는 것으로 나타났고, 그 효과는 crude ${\beta}$-glucan의 추출조건에 따라 달라지는 것을 알 수 있었다.eveloped. Design concepts and control methods of a new crane will be introduced in this paper.and momentum balance was applied to the fluid field of bundle. while the movement of′ individual material was taken into account. The constitutive model relating the surface force and the deformation of bundle was introduced by considering a representative prodedure that stands for the bundle movement. Then a fundamental equations system could be simplified considering a steady state of the process. On the basis of the simplified model, the simulation was performed and the results could be confirmed by the experiments under various conditions.뢰, 결속 등 다차원

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A ScanSAR Processing without Azimuth Stitching by Time-domain Cross-correlation (Azimuth Stitching 없는 ScanSAR 영상화: 시간영역 교차상관)

  • Won, Joong-Sun
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.251-263
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    • 2022
  • This paper presents an idea of ScanSAR image formation. For image formation of ScanSAR that utilizes the burst mode for raw signal acquisition, most conventional single burst methods essentially require a step of azimuth stitching which contributes to radiometric and phase distortions to some extent. Time-domain cross correlation could replace SPECAN which is most popularly used for ScanSAR processing. The core idea of the proposed method is that it is possible to relieve the necessity of azimuth stitching by an extension of Doppler bandwidth of the reference function to the burst cycle period. Performance of the proposed method was evaluated by applying it to the raw signals acquired by a spaceborne SAR system, and results satisfied all image quality requirements including 3 dB width, peak-to-sidelobe ratio (PSLR), compression ratio,speckle noise, etc. Image quality of ScanSAR is inferior to that of Stripmap in all aspects. However, it is also possible to improve the quality of ScanSAR image competitive to that of Stripmap if focused on a certain parameter while reduced qualities of other parameters. Thus, it is necessary for a ScanSAR processor to offer a great degree of flexibility complying with different requirements for different applications and techniques.

Comparative Analysis among Radar Image Filters for Flood Mapping (홍수매핑을 위한 레이더 영상 필터의 비교분석)

  • Kim, Daeseong;Jung, Hyung-Sup;Baek, Wonkyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.43-52
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    • 2016
  • Due to the characteristics of microwave signals, Radar satellite image has been used for flood detection without weather and time influence. The more methods of flood detection were developed, the more detection rate of flood area has been increased. Since flood causes a lot of damages, flooded area should be distinguished from non flooded area. Also, the detection of flood area should be accurate. Therefore, not only image resolution but also the filtering process is critical to minimize resolution degradation. Although a resolution of radar images become better as technology develops, there were a limited focused on a highly suitable filtering methods for flood detection. Thus, the purpose of this study is to find out the most appropriate filtering method for flood detection by comparing three filtering methods: Lee filter, Frost filter and NL-means filter. Therefore, to compare the filters to detect floods, each filters are applied to the radar image. Comparison was drawn among filtered images. Then, the flood map, results of filtered images are compared in that order. As a result, Frost and NL-means filter are more effective in removing the speckle noise compared to Lee filter. In case of Frost filter, resolution degradation occurred severly during removal of the noise. In case of NL-means filter, shadow effect which could be one of the main reasons that causes false detection were not eliminated comparing to other filters. Nevertheless, result of NL-means filter shows the best detection rate because the number of shadow pixels is relatively low in entire image. Kappa coefficient is scored 0.81 for NL-means filtered image and 0.55, 0.64 and 0.74 follows for non filtered image, Lee filtered image and Frost filtered image respectively. Also, in the process of NL-means filter, speckle noise could be removed without resolution degradation. Accordingly, flooded area could be distinguished effectively from other area in NL-means filtered image.

A study of the hologram which records the interference of light with computer (컴퓨터로 빛의 간섭을 기록하는 홀로그램(CGH)의 특성 연구)

  • Lee, Jeong-Yeong;Jang, Woo-Yeong
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.305-312
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    • 2005
  • In this thesis, Lohmann's algorithm and FFT (fast Fourier transform) are used to synthesize binary-phase holograms. FFT computing is carried out for the calculation of complex wavefronts of $128{\times}128$ sampling points of an object that is numerically specified. Then using the Lohmann's algorithm, the amplitude and the phase of complex wavefronts are encoded in binary holograms on each sampling points. PC (personal computer) and laser printer are used to plot binary-phase holograms and CGH (computer generated holograms) films are obtained from this plot by photographic reduction. Holographic images of numerically specified objects are reconstructed from the He-Ne laser and the inverse Fourier optics system. We estimate the quality of holographic images according to the sampling number, application of random phase, amplitude clipping and bleaching the CGH film. We derive optimized conditions to reconstruct better holographic images and to reduce the speckle noise. FFT and Lohmann's algorithm are implemented with MS Visual BASIC 6.0 for the programming of binary-phase hologram.

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Measurement of Numerical Aperture of Graded-index Plastic Optical Fiber by Using a Variable Aperture (입사광의 크기 조절을 통한 경사굴절률 플라스틱 광섬유의 수치구경 측정기법)

  • Kim, Dae-Kyu;Kim, Bo-Ram;Lee, Byoung-Hwak;Park, Seung-Han
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.5-9
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    • 2011
  • There are technical difficulties in measuring the numerical apertures of multi-mode gradient-index plastic optical fibers (GI-POFs) due to their strong speckle noise originating from dopants, non-uniformity of gradient-index profile, and multi-mode interference. Therefore, we propose a new method of obtaining the numerical aperture by controlling the size of the incident laser beam and measuring the numerical aperture of GI-POF. The results show that we can get a value for the numerical aperture of GI-POF very similar to that measured by the conventional method. We can also obtain the optimum launching condition of input beam and maximum coupling efficiency.

A ProstateSegmentationofTRUS ImageusingSupport VectorsandSnake-likeContour (서포트 벡터와 뱀형상 윤곽선을 이용한 TRUS 영상의 전립선 분할)

  • Park, Jae Heung;Se, Yeong Geon
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.101-109
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    • 2012
  • In many diagnostic and treatment procedures for prostate disease accurate detection of prostate boundaries in transrectal ultrasound(TRUS) images is required. This is a challenging and difficult task due to weak prostate boundaries, speckle noise and the short range of gray levels. In this paper a method for automatic prostate segmentation inTRUS images using support vectors and snake-like contour is presented. This method involves preprocessing, extracting Gabor feature, training, and prostate segmentation. Gabor filter bank for extracting the texture features has been implemented. A support vector machine(SVM) for training step has been used to get each feature of prostate and nonprostate. The boundary of prostate is extracted by the snake-like contour algorithm. The results showed that this new algorithm extracted the prostate boundary with less than 9.3% relative to boundary provided manually by experts.

Estimation of the Flood Area Using Multi-temporal RADARSAT SAR Imagery

  • Sohn, Hong-Gyoo;Song, Yeong-Sun;Yoo, Hwan-Hee;Jung, Won-Jo
    • Korean Journal of Geomatics
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.37-46
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    • 2002
  • Accurate classification of water area is an preliminary step to accurately analyze the flooded area and damages caused by flood. This step is especially useful for monitoring the region where annually repeating flood is a problem. The accurate estimation of flooded area can ultimately be utilized as a primary source of information for the policy decision. Although SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imagery with its own energy source is sensitive to the water area, its shadow effect similar to the reflectance signature of the water area should be carefully checked before accurate classification. Especially when we want to identify small flood area with mountainous environment, the step for removing shadow effect turns out to be essential in order to accurately classify the water area from the SAR imagery. In this paper, the flood area was classified and monitored using multi-temporal RADARSAT SAR images of Ok-Chun and Bo-Eun located in Chung-Book Province taken in 12th (during the flood) and 19th (after the flood) of August, 1998. We applied several steps of geometric and radiometric calculations to the SAR imagery. First we reduced the speckle noise of two SAR images and then calculated the radar backscattering coefficient $(\sigma^0)$. After that we performed the ortho-rectification via satellite orbit modeling developed in this study using the ephemeris information of the satellite images and ground control points. We also corrected radiometric distortion caused by the terrain relief. Finally, the water area was identified from two images and the flood area is calculated accordingly. The identified flood area is analyzed by overlapping with the existing land use map.

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