• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1993년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.510-512
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• 1993

The weighted median hybrid filters are proposed. These filters take weighting factors in calculating the output of subfilters of median hybrid filters. The properties of weighted median hybrid filters are analysed and compared to the conventional median filter. The results indicate that these filters preserve details of edge better than and are computationally much more efficient than conventional median filter.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.133-139
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose a hybrid filter for noise reduction. The proposed method adjusts rational filtering direction according to an edge in the image using median filtered data. Rational filter modulates the coefficients of a linear lowpass filter to limit its action in presence of image details. By the ratio of polynomials in the input variables, rational filter reduces noise adaptively. Median filter is widely used to reduce impulse noise, but removes some details for highly corrupted images. Also, desirable details are removed when the window size is large. Our proposed algorithm combines rational filter and median filter. Thus, proposed method not only preserves edge, but also reduces noise in uniform region. Experimental results show that our proposed method has better quality than those by existing median and rational filtering methods.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1992년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.434-436
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• 1992

In this paper, we propose a new multilevel nonlinear filter for simultaneous edge detection and noise suppression, which we call a order statistic-median hybrid(OMH) filler. The median-related filters cause an edge shift in the presence of an impulse near the edge. The proposed filter reduces such edge shifting while suppressing impulsive as well as nonimpulsive noise. We show that at the noisy edge point the OMH filter is substantially superior to the median filter, the $\alpha$-TM filter and the STM filter[I] in two respects: (a) the output bias error and (b) the output mean square error. Test results confirm that the OMH filter is robust in preserving sharp edges, inhibiting edge shifting, and suppressing a wide variety of noise. The structure for the OMH filter integrated circuit is also described.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.970-976
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• 2012

In this paper, a single LRF has been used to produce a 3D map for the mobile robot navigation. The 2D laser scanners are used for mobile robots navigation, where the laser scanner is applied to detect a certain level of area by the straight beam. Therefore it is limited to the usages of 2D obstacle detection and avoidance. In this research, it is designed to complement a mobile robot system to move up and down a single LRF along the yaw axis. During the up and down motion, the 2D data are stacked and manipulated to build a 3D map. Often a single LRF data are mixed with Gaussian and impulse noises. The impulse noises are removed out by the hybrid median filter designed in this research. The 2D data which are improved by deleting the impulse noises are layered to build the 3D map. Removing impulse noises while preserving the boundary is a main advantages of the hybrid median filter which has been used widely to improve the quality of images. The effectiveness of this hybrid median filter for rejecting the impulse noises has been verified through the real experiments. The performance of the hybrid median filter is evaluated in terms of PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise Ratio) and the processing time.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1185-1198
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• 1992

본 논문에서는 기존의 메디안필터와 메디안혼성필터의 잡음 제거 특성을 개선하기 위하여 차등가중치 알고리즘을 제안하였고, 이 알고리즘을 적용한 메디안혼성필터와 기존의 메디안필터 및 메디안혼성필터를 단순 영상과 실제 영상에 적용하여 영상의 잡음 제거 특성과 미세 부분 및 경계보존 특성을 비교, 검토하였다. 본 논문에 사용된 단순 영상은 임펄스, 가우스, 지수 및 라플라션 잡음이 첨가된 Lenna 영상이며, 실제 영상은 임펄스 잡음이 첨가된 Urological영상이다. 본 연구의 실험 결과 차등가중치 알고리즘이 적용된 메디안혼성필터가 기존의 메디안필터 및 메디안혼성필터보다 비교적 양질의 영상을 구현할 수 있었으나, 필터의 차수가 증가할수록 영상처리에 많은 시간이 소요되었다. 그러나 영상의 형태에 따라 적절한 필터링을 선택하여 적용하면 향후 컴퓨터를 이용한 여러 응용 분야 및 의학 영상 처리 분야등에 상당한 도움이 되리라고 사료된다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.193-204
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• 1997

In this research we propose the design of the Order Statistic-Adaptive Weighted Average Hybrid(OS-AWAH) filter which can suppress noise from the corrupted image sequence effectively while preserving the image structure. The proposed filter combines the desirable properties of the order static based spatial filter which can preserve the image structure while reducing noise and the adaptive weighted average based temporal filter which can adapt the filtering weights according to the amount of motion without motion estimation. Performance characteristics of the OS-AWAH filter in noisy sequences containing moving step edges are investigated throuth computer simulations and compared with the median based filters such as 3-D WM(weighted median) filter, MMF (multistage median filter), ADCWM(adaptive directional center weighted median) filter. The visual evaluations are also carried out by applyin gthe filters to the real images. The statistical analysis and experimental reslts show that the OS-AWAH filter is effective in preserving image structures while suppressing noise effectively without motion compensation preprocessing.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권9호
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• pp.3380-3389
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• 2022

We evaluated the performance of an improved hybrid median filter (IHMF) applied to X-ray computed tomography (CT) images obtained using a high-resolution photon-counting cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector. To study how the proposed approach improves the image quality, we measured the noise levels and the overall CT-image quality. We established a CZT imaging system with a detector length of 5.12 cm and thickness of 0.3 cm and acquired phantom images. To evaluate the efficacy of the proposed filter, we first modeled two conventional median filters. Subsequently, we were able to achieve a normalized noise power spectrum result of ~10^-8 mm², and furthermore, the proposed method improved the contrast-to-noise ratio by a factor of ~1.51 and the coefficient of variation by 1.55 relative to the counterpart values of the no-filter image. In addition, the IHMF exhibited the best performance among the three filters considered as regards the peak signal-to-noise ratio and no-reference-based image-quality evaluation parameters. Thus, our results demonstrate that the IHMF approach provides a superior image performance over conventional median filtering methods when applied to actual CZT X-ray CT images.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1264-1270
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• 1992

Morphological 필터는 다양한 structuring element로서 morphological 연산으로 구성된다. 두개의 기본적인 morphological 연산은 erosion과 dilation이다. 두 연산에 기본을 두고 OC, CO 필터가 정의된다. 가우시안 잡음이 포함된 이미지의 잡음을 제거할 경우 OC 필터의 성능이 CO의 성능보다 우수함을 확인하였다. 본 논문에서는 이미지 처리에 있어서 하이브리드 메디안 필터를 구성하여 다른 필터 보다 화질의 선명도를 개선하고 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통하여 해석하였다.

• 한국항해학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.99-109
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• 1996

Though median filter is used for removing noise and smoothing image. But, the result of it has distortion around edge. And then, this paper proposes new noise removing algorithm by recursive morphological processing. Basic operation is same each other, but there is some different processing method between recursive morphology and general morphology theory. This recursive morphological filter can be viewed as the weighted order static filter, and then it has a weighted SE(structuring element). Especially using this algorithm to remove the 10% gaussian noise, this paper confirmed that PSNR is improved about 0.642~1.5757 db reserving edge well better than the results of the traditional median filter.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제31A권10호
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• pp.152-160
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• 1994

Two dimensional interpolation filter for HD-MAC is designed with 1.0 .mu.m CMOS standard cells and verified by logic simulation. The interpolator uses FMH(FIR-Median Hybrid) filter. The median filter, which is the most complicated part of FMH filtre, is simply implemented by modifying Hadian-Sobel algorithm. the filter generates accurately the missed pixel data of luminance and chrominance with the worst case simulation condition at 27MHz clock rates.