• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.211-227
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• 2011

Content Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) is an approach for retrieving similar images from an image database based on automatically-derived image features. The quality of a retrieval system depends on the features used to describe image content. In this paper, we propose an image clustering system that takes a database of images as input and clusters them using k-means clustering algorithm taking into consideration color, texture and shape features. Experimental results show that the combination of the three features brings about higher values of accuracy and precision.

• Translational and Clinical Pharmacology
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.147-152
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• 2017

This study focused on the role of cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) genotypes to predict phenotypes in the metabolism of dextromethorphan. CYP2D6 genotypes and metabolic ratios (MRs) of dextromethorphan were determined in 201 Koreans. Unsupervised clustering algorithms, hierarchical and k-means clustering analysis, and color visualizations of CYP2D6 activity were performed on a subset of 130 subjects. A total of 23 different genotypes were identified, five of which were observed in one subject. Phenotype classifications were based on the means, medians, and standard deviations of the log MR values for each genotype. Color visualization was used to display the mean and median of each genotype as different color intensities. Cutoff values were determined using receiver operating characteristic curves from the k-means analysis, and the data were validated in the remaining subset of 71 subjects. Using the two highest silhouette values, the selected numbers of clusters were three (the best) and four. The findings from the two clustering algorithms were similar to those of other studies, classifying $^*5/^*5$ as a lowest activity group and genotypes containing duplicated alleles (i.e., $CYP2D6^*1/^*2N$) as a highest activity group. The validation of the k-means clustering results with data from the 71 subjects revealed relatively high concordance rates: 92.8% and 73.9% in three and four clusters, respectively. Additionally, color visualization allowed for rapid interpretation of results. Although the clustering approach to predict CYP2D6 phenotype from CYP2D6 genotype is not fully complete, it provides general information about the genotype to phenotype relationship, including rare genotypes with only one subject.

• 한국통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국통신학회 1986년도 추계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.83-86
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• 1986

In this paper, we propose the new color image segmentation algorithm using clustering method in the normalized r,g,b coordinates. The number of intrinsic clusters which are included in color image is estimated by the clustering quality measure and the initial centers of clusters are calculated by a hierarchical way. The proposed algorithm was varified by the computer simulation.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.19-22
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• 2010

A finger language helping hearing impaired people in communication A sign language helping hearing impaired people in communication is not popular to ordinary healthy people. In this paper, we propose a method for real-time sign language recognition from a vision system using color information and fuzzy clustering system. We use YCbCr color model and canny mask to decide the position of hands and the boundary lines. After extracting regions of two hands by applying 8-directional contour tracking algorithm and morphological information, the system uses FCM in classifying sign language signals. In experiment, the proposed method is proven to be sufficiently efficient.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.258-263
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• 2018

Color Doppler sonography is a useful tool for examining blood flow and related indices. However, it should be done by well-trained operator, that is, operator subjectivity exists. In this paper, we propose an automatic blood flow area extraction method from brachial artery that would be an essential building block of computer aided color Doppler analyzer. Specifically, our concern is to examine hypertension suspicious (prehypertension) patients who might develop their symptoms to established hypertension in the future. The proposed method uses fuzzy C-means clustering as quantization engine with careful seeding of the number of clusters from histogram analysis. The experiment verifies that the proposed method is feasible in that the successful extraction rates are 96% (successful in 48 out of 50 test cases) and demonstrated better performance than K-means based method in specificity and sensitivity analysis but the proposed method should be further refined as the retrospective analysis pointed out.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제13B권3호
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• pp.205-214
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• 2006

이미지에 포함된 텍스트는 이미지의 내용을 함축적이고 구체적으로 표현하는 정보로서 이러한 정보를 실시간에 찾아내서 인식한다면 다양한 응용에 활용할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 카메라로 취득한 다양한 종류의 이미지로부터 텍스트를 추출하는 방법과 추출된 영역에서 텍스트를 분리하는 방법을 새롭게 제안한다. 텍스트 영역 추출을 위해서 RGB 색 공간에서 색 분산을 특징으로 제안하며, 텍스트 영역 분리를 위해서 RGB 색 공간에서 개선된 K-means 병합을 제안한다. 실험은 디지털 카메라와 핸드폰 카메라로 취득한 다양한 종류의 문서유형 이미지와 실내외의 일반적인 자연이미지를 사용하였으며, ICDAR 콘테스트[1] 이미지의 일부도 사용하였다.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:시스템및이론
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• 제35권7호
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• pp.340-353
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• 2008

화풍을 효과적이고 객관적으로 기술하는 한 방법으로 팔레트 추출에 대한 수학적 모델을 제시한다. 이 모델에서는 팔레트를 허용 오차 범위 내에서 회화 작품의 영상을 표현할 수 있는 주요 색상의 집합으로 정의하고 색상 그룹핑과 주요 색상 추출의 두 단계를 거처 팔레트 색상을 추출한다. 색상 그룹핑은 주어진 회화에 대해 적응적으로 색의 분해능을 조절하여 각 회화 작품을 이루는 기초 색상을 추출하며 다음 주요 색상 추출 단계에서 이것과 이것이 차지하는 영역에 대한 정보를 바탕으로 K-Means 클러스터링 알고리즘을 적용하여 팔레트를 얻는다. 실험을 통해 유명 화가의 작품을 대상으로 RGB와 CIE LAB 색상 모델을 사용하여 추출한 팔레트를 3차원 색 공간에 표시하였다. 팔레트 색상의 거리를 사용한 화가 분류 실험과 실사 영상의 색채 변환 실험 통해 이 방법이 화풍 분석과 그래픽 분야에 적용될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.164-172
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• 2022

Hot-dip galvanized steel(GI) is widely used throughout the industry as a corrosion resistance material. Corrosion of steel is a common phenomenon that results in the gradual degradation under various environmental conditions. Corrosion monitoring is to track the degradation progress for a long time. Corrosion on steel plate appears as discoloration and any irregularities on the surface. This study developed a quantitative evaluation method of the rust formed on GI steel plate using a superpixel-based DBSCAN clustering method and k-means clustering from the corroded area in a given image. The superpixel-based DBSCAN clustering method decrease computational costs, reaching automatic segmentation. The image color of the rusty surface was analyzed quantitatively based on HSV(Hue, Saturation, Value) color space. In addition, two segmentation methods are compared for the particular spatial region using their histograms.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:소프트웨어및응용
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.1161-1170
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 군집화 알고리즘을 사용하여 피부색 영역을 분할하는 방법을 제안한다. 기존의 군집화 알고리즘들의 대부분은 주로 구형의 군집을 검출하고, 배치형으로 수행되며, 군집의 개수를 미리정해야 한다는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 대표적인 타원형 군집화 알고리즘인 EM 알고리즘을 변형하여, 온라인으로 학습가능하며, 군집의 개수를 자동적으로 찾아낼 수 있는 EAM 알고리즘을 사용하였다. EAM 알고리즘외 유효성은 피부색 영역 분할에 대해 증명되었다. 실험결과는 군집의 개수가 미리 주어지지 않더라도, EAM 알고리즘은 주어진 영상에 대해 자동적으로 옳은 군집의 개수를 찾아냈고, EM 알고리즘과 비교하여 더 좋은 분할 결과를 보여주고 있다. 영역에 대한 조건부 확률을 이용하여 성공적인 피부색 영역의 탐지 및 분할 결과를 얻었다. 또한 사람이 포함된 영상을 분류하는 문제에도 적용하여 좋은 분류 결과를 얻었다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.607-616
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• 1998

The purpose of this study was to develope a practical color range for the fashion industry in Korea. 3623 color sample used by 109 brands from'93 spring/summer to'96 spring/summer were collected. Also, the application frequency and consumer responses of each collected colorwere analyzed in this study. To clarify the characterstics of color range used in the fashion industry, density of color was etermined by color clustering based on A: and consumer responses. The resultsof this study were as follow; 1. The result analyzed based on the Munsell System revealed that the distributions of hue were concentrated in R, YR, Y, and PB. The chroma was concenturated mostly in the low range and the value, on the contrary, showed relatively even distribution. 2. 458 representative colors were selected by color clustering based on the toEless than 1. 0. In addition, the frequency of color applications and consumer responses were also considered when selecting the colors frequently used in the fashion industry and finals, 1163 colors wereobtained. The color range of the representative colors showed similar color characteristics with the 3623 colors supplied by the fashion industry. As a results, this approach was proven to appropriate to develope a color range for a practical use. 3. In conclusion, around 1200 colors were suggested to organize the color range to reflect the characteristics of the fashion industry with an acceptable color differance for color planning and management.