• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.30-32
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• 1999

내용 기반 이미지 데이터베이스의 검색을 위해서 low-level 특징에 기반한 방법들이 연구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 웨이브릿 변환에 기반한 색상과 질감 특징을 이용한 내용기반 이미지 검색 시스템을 제안한다. 다양한 색상 정보로부터 추출한 인덱스 키와 웨이브릿 변환에 의해 추출한 질감 특징을 통계적 확률 분석 방법에 적용시킨 검색 시스템이다. 이러한 색상과 질감에 대한 효과적인 조합으로 보다 효율적이고 정확성 높은 결과를 도출함을 실험을 통하여 제시한다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.445-458
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• 2012

Image feature extraction is one of the basic works for biometric analysis. This paper presents the novel concept of application of ridgelets for iris recognition systems. Ridgelet transforms are the combination of Radon transforms and Wavelet transforms. They are suitable for extracting the abundantly present textural data that is in an iris. The technique proposed here uses the ridgelets to form an iris signature and to represent the iris. This paper contributes towards creating an improved iris recognition system. There is a reduction in the feature vector size, which is 1X4 in size. The False Acceptance Rate (FAR) and False Rejection Rate (FRR) were also reduced and the accuracy increased. The proposed method also avoids the iris normalization process that is traditionally used in iris recognition systems. Experimental results indicate that the proposed method achieves an accuracy of 99.82%, 0.1309% FAR, and 0.0434% FRR.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 1996.06c
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• pp.755-764
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• 1996

A multispectral imaging system with selected wavelength optical filter was demonstrated feasible for food safety inspection. Intensified multispectral images of carcasses were obtained with visible/near-infrared optical filters(542-847 nm wavelengths) and analyzed. The analysis of textural features based on co-occurrence matrices was conducted to determine the feasibility of a multispectral image analyses for discriminating unwholesome poultry carcasses from wholesome carcasses. The mean angular second moment of the wholesome carcasses scanned at 542 nm wavelength was lower than that of septicemic (P$\leq$0.0005) and cadaver(P$\leq$0.0005) carcasses. On the other hand, for the carcasses scanned at 700nm wavelength , the feature values of septicemic and cadaver carcasses were significantly (P$\leq$0.0005) different from wholesome carcasses. The discriminant functions for classifying poultry carcasses into three classes (wholesome, septicemic , cadaver) were developed using linear and quadr tic covariance matrix analysis method. The accuracy of the quadratic discriminant models, expressed in rates of correct classification, were over 90% for the classification of wholesome, septicemic, and cadaver carcasses when textural features from the spectral images scanned at the wavelength of 542 and 700nm were utilized.

• International Journal of Contents
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.47-53
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• 2015

Visual object tracking is a fundamental problem in the field of computer vision, as it needs a proper model to account for drastic appearance changes that are caused by shape, textural, and illumination variations. In this paper, we propose a feature-based visual-object-tracking method with a sparse representation. Generally, most appearance-based models use the gray-scale pixel values of the input image, but this might be insufficient for a description of the target object under a variety of conditions. To obtain the proper information regarding the target object, the following combination of features has been exploited as a corresponding representation: First, the features of the target templates are extracted by using the HOG (histogram of gradient) and LBPs (local binary patterns); secondly, a feature-based sparsity is attained by solving the minimization problems, whereby the target object is represented by the selection of the minimum reconstruction error. The strengths of both features are exploited to enhance the overall performance of the tracker; furthermore, the proposed method is integrated with the particle-filter framework and achieves a promising result in terms of challenging tracking videos.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.1635-1648
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• 2008

The extraction of important features in cancer cell image analysis is a key process in grading renal cell carcinoma. In this study, we applied three-dimensional (3D) texture feature extraction methods to cell nuclei images and evaluated the validity of them for computerized cell nuclei grading. Individual images of 2,423 cell nuclei were extracted from 80 renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). First, we applied the 3D texture mapping method to render the volume of entire tissue sections. Then, we determined the chromatin texture quantitatively by calculating 3D gray-level co-occurrence matrices (3D GLCM) and 3D run length matrices (3D GLRLM). Finally, to demonstrate the suitability of 3D texture features for grading, we performed a discriminant analysis. In addition, we conducted a principal component analysis to obtain optimized texture features. Automatic grading of cell nuclei using 3D texture features had an accuracy of 78.30%. Combining 3D textural and 3D morphological features improved the accuracy to 82.19%. As a comparative study, we also performed a stepwise feature selection. Using the 4 optimized features, we could obtain more improved accuracy of 84.32%. Three dimensional texture features have potential for use as fundamental elements in developing a new nuclear grading system with accurate diagnosis and predicting prognosis.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.105-125
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• 2024

Gliomas are the most common malignant brain tumor and cause the most deaths. Manual brain tumor segmentation is expensive, time-consuming, error-prone, and dependent on the radiologist's expertise and experience. Manual brain tumor segmentation outcomes by different radiologists for the same patient may differ. Thus, more robust, and dependable methods are needed. Medical imaging researchers produced numerous semi-automatic and fully automatic brain tumor segmentation algorithms using ML pipelines and accurate (handcrafted feature-based, etc.) or data-driven strategies. Current methods use CNN or handmade features such symmetry analysis, alignment-based features analysis, or textural qualities. CNN approaches provide unsupervised features, while manual features model domain knowledge. Cascaded algorithms may outperform feature-based or data-driven like CNN methods. A revolutionary cascaded strategy is presented that intelligently supplies CNN with past information from handmade feature-based ML algorithms. Each patient receives manual ground truth and four MRI modalities (T1, T1c, T2, and FLAIR). Handcrafted characteristics and deep learning are used to segment brain tumors in a Global Convolutional Neural Network (GCNN). The proposed GCNN architecture with two parallel CNNs, CSPathways CNN (CSPCNN) and MRI Pathways CNN (MRIPCNN), segmented BraTS brain tumors with high accuracy. The proposed model achieved a Dice score of 87% higher than the state of the art. This research could improve brain tumor segmentation, helping clinicians diagnose and treat patients.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.105-123
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• 1992

A study was made on the feature extraction for non-metallic one deposits and their related geology using the Remote Sensing and Airborne Radiometric data. The area chosen is around the Haenam area, where dickite and Quarzite mines are distributed in. The geology of the area consists mainly of Cretaceous volcanics and PreCambrian metamorphic. The methods applied are study on the reflectance characteristics of minerals and rocks sampled in the study area, and the feature extraction extraction of histogram normalized images for Landsat TM and Airborne Radiometric data, and finally evaluation of applicability of some useful pattern recognition techniques for regional lithological mapping. As a result, reflectances of non-metallic minerals are much higher than rock samples in the area. However, low grade dickites are slightly higher than rock samples, probably due to their greyish colour and also their textural features which may scatter the reflectance and may be capable of capturing much hychoryl ions. The reflectances of rock samples may depend on the degree of whiteness of samples. The outcrops or mine dumps in the study area were most effectively extracted on the histogram normalized image of TM Band 1, 2 and 3, due to their high reflectivity. The Masking technique using the above bands may be the most effective and the natural colour composite may provide some success as well. The colour composite image of PCA may also be effective in extracting geological features, and airborne radiometric data may be useful to some degree as an complementary tool.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2006.03a
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• pp.275-278
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• 2006

본 연구는 전정색(panchromatic) 고해상도 위성영상을 이용하여 산화피해림과 비산화림을 대상으로 수종별로 구분하여 조사하였다. 제안된 방법은 회색단계 공발생 행렬(Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix, GLCM)을 통하여 생성된 질감 영상(textural images)과 웨이블릿 분해 영상(wavelet decomposition images)의 융합을 실시하여 질감 영상에서 추출될 수 있는 정보와 웨이블릿 분해를 통해 얻을 수 있는 정보를 획득하고자 하였다. 그 결과로 동일 수종을 형성하는 임반이나 산화피해 정도가 유사한 산림의 경우 영상의 밝기값의 분포가 일정한 범위 내에서 형성되어 수종 분류 및 산화피해 등급의 구분이 가능했으나, 영상 내 경계효과(edge effect) 현상은 일부 영상에서 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• 2000.08a
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• pp.325-328
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• 2000

텍스쳐 분석은 장면 분할, 물체 인식, 모양과 깊이 인식 등의 많은 영상 처리 분야에서 중요한 기술 중의 하나이다. 그러나 실영상에 포함된 다양한 텍스쳐 성분에 대해서 보편적으로 적용 가능한 효율적인 방법들에 대한 연구는 미흡한 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 텍스쳐 인식을 위해서 비교사 학습 방법에 기반 한 효율적인 텍스쳐 분석 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 텍스쳐 영상이 지닌 방향특징 정보로서 각(angle)과 강도(power)를 추출하여 자기 조직화 신경회로망에 의해서 블록기반으로 군집화(clustering)된다. 비교사적 군집 결과는 통합(merging)과 불림(dilation) 과정을 통해서 영상에 내재된 텍스쳐 성분의 분할을 수행한다. 제안된 시스템의 성능 평가를 위해서는 다양한 형태의 다중 텍스쳐 영상을 생성하여 적용한 후 그 유효성을 보인다.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.613-616
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• 2004

To find the best way to distinguish sand dunes from urban building and rural patches, textural analysis has been performed in Kimnyeong sand dune, Jeju. An aerial photo was re-sampled into one-meter. Homomorphic filters were applied to the original sub-scene and then high-pass filtered one. The entropy filtered one proves to be the best extraction method after high pass filtered-homomorphic filters in urban areas. The spectral values of sand dune area were similar to open land in rural area. In contrast, the texture values of sand dune area are more homogeneous than those of open land in rural area.