• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2015

The essential idea of de-noising is referring to neighboring pixels of a center pixel to be updated. Conventional adaptive de-noising filters use local statistics, i.e., mean and variance, of neighboring pixels including the center pixel. The drawback of adaptive de-noising filters is that their performance becomes low when edges are contained in neighboring pixels, while anisotropic diffusion de-noising filters remove adaptively noises and preserve edges considering intensity difference between neighboring pixel and the center pixel. The anisotropic diffusion de-noising filters, however, use only intensity difference between neighboring pixels and the center pixel, i.e., local statistics of neighboring pixels and the center pixel are not considered. We propose a new connectivity function of two adjacent pixels using statistics of neighboring pixels and apply connectivity function to diffusion coefficient. Experimental results using an aerial image corrupted by uniform and Gaussian noises showed that the proposed algorithm removed more efficiently noises than conventional diffusion filter and median filter.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.157-168
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• 2011

최근 국내 콘크리트포장의 동결융해 파손에 대한 사례들이 주기적으로 보고가 되고 있으며, 이에 공기량 기준과 더불어 간격계수에 대한 기준마련 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 간격계수를 산정하기 위한 실험방법은 국내에 규정되어 있지 않아 ASTM C 457기준을 따라야 하며, 특히 이 실험결과 분석 시 연구자의 주관적 판단에 기인하는 경우가 많아 이에 대한 철저한 보정작업이 수반되어야 한다. 콘크리트의 공극구조 특성을 분석하기 위해 사용되고 있는 화상분석프로그램은 색상의 구분을 통해 공극을 인식하는데, 분석 시 사용되어지는 pixel intensity values에 따라 분석결과는 크게 변할 수 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 pixel intensity values의 적정범위를 산정하기 위해서, pixel intensity values 변화에 따라 측정된 공극수와 연구자들이 측정한 공극수를 비교하였으며, 이를 통해 pixel intensity values의 적정 범위를 결정하였다. 또한 결정된 pixel intensity values를 이용하여, 8가지 콘크리트 혼합물에 대한 콘크리트 공극구조 특성을 분석하였다. 연구자들이 공극수를 직접 측정한 round robin test 결과, 사람에 따른 공극 인식정도가 약 10% 정도로 변동될 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었으며, 이를 통해 pixel intensity values의 적정 범위가 약 80~90 정도로 나타났다. 8가지 콘크리트 혼합물에 대한 화상분석결과, 전반적으로 AE제 첨가량이 증가함에 따라 전체 공기량은 증가하고 간격계수는 감소하는 경향을 나타내었으나, 일부 혼합물에서 공기량은 크게 변동하지 않은 가운데 간격계수가 AE제 증가에 따라 감소하는 추이를 나타내었다. 이는 추가된 AE제에 의해 발생된 미세한 크기의 연행공극이 전체 공기량에 미치는 영향보다 간격계수에 미치는 영향이 더 크기 때문이다. 또한 동일한 시편에서 절단면 위치에 따른 간격계수의 편차는 약 30~100${\mu}m$ 정도를 나타내었다. 이는 2차원 분석의 한계로 인해 발생된 편차인 것으로 사료되며, 시편절단면 위치에 따른 변동성 분석을 위한 추가적인 연구가 수행되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.143-151
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 별도의 방사선 외부 검출장치 없이 스마트폰 자체의 CMOS 반도체 소자만을 활용하여 의료용 방사선 발생장치에서 발생하는 방사선을 효율적으로 검출하기 위한 최적의 조건과 알고리즘을 개발하는 것이다. 본 연구를 통하여 스마트폰에 내장된 CMOS 반도체 소자에 X-선의 선량을 증가시켜가면서 CMOS 영상 센서에서 반응하는 픽셀의 개수 및 밝기 등을 측정하였다. 스마트폰의 전면 카메라가 후면 카메라보다 노이즈가 적고 X-선과 같은 방사선에 대한 반응 특성이 우수하였다. 섬광결정을 사용한 간접 검출방식에 보다 CMOS 자체에 X-선을 반응시키는 직접 검출방식이 더 적은 선량까지 정확하게 검출이 가능하였다. 또한 X-선에 대한 선량의존성은 역치값을 넘어가는 픽셀의 개수를 계산한 Pixel number에 비해 개별 반응한 픽셀의 밝기까지 이용한 Pixel intensity가 더욱 선형적으로 나타났다. 컬러모델에 의한 실험에서는 스마트폰의 컬러모델인 YUV 컬러모델의 값 중 픽셀의 밝기값의 정보를 가지고 있는 Y값을 활용하면 방사선 검출에 있어 효율적일 것으로 사료된다. 향후 이와 같은 방사선 검출을 위한 최적의 조건들과 효율적 검출 알고리즘들에 대한 추가적인 연구가 진행된다면 방사선 선량의 관리가 효율적이며 체계적으로 이루어 질 수 있기 때문에 국민보건건강에 일조 할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권11호
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• pp.4137-4152
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• 2014

This paper investigates the description ability of chaotic feature vector to dynamic textures. First a chaotic feature and other features are calculated from each pixel intensity series. Then these features are combined to a chaotic feature vector. Therefore a video is modeled as a feature vector matrix. Next by the aid of bag of words framework, we explore the representation ability of the proposed chaotic feature vector. Finally we investigate recognition rate between different combinations of chaotic features. Experimental results show the merit of chaotic feature vector for pixel intensity series representation.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.49-53
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• 2011

Dynamic range on the digital detector can be a representation to the ratio of maximum and minimum of pixel value. Wide dynamic range and post processing ability of the digital detector made difficult to recognize visually to high or low dose images. We were evaluated a change of mean pixel value on the original and processed image, when we controlled the kVp, mA, exposure time on the digital detector. On the kVp of a constant condition, we were acquired an original and processed image by changes of mA, exposure time. According to the thickness of the subject under the same conditions, to determine a relation of pixel value and X-ray intensity, we used an aluminum step wedge. When mA and exposure times were changed under the kVp of a constant condition, the X-ray intensity was decreased by the reduction of the mean pixel value. In addition when kVp was increased in a constant condition of mAs, the mean pixel value was increased according to the increment of the X-ray intensity. Therefore, low kVp, high mA and short exposure time were a way to reduce a patient dose.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1996년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); 포항공과대학교, 포항; 24-26 Oct. 1996
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• pp.12-15
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• 1996

The purpose of image sequence coding is to reduce the spatio-temporal redundancies. The transform coding such as DCT is used for the spatial redundancies. In this paper, the optical flow method is applied to solve the problem of temporal redundancies. So far, pixel intensity conservation has been used to solve the optical flow. We used the neighborhood information as well as pixel intensity conservation. And we compared the merits and demerits of the conventional method and the proposed method in this paper.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.271-286
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• 2013

Recently, a pixel-chaotic-shuffling (PCS) method has been proposed by Huang et al. for encrypting color images using multiple chaotic systems like the Henon, the Lorenz, the Chua, and the Rossler systems. All of which have great encryption performance. The authors claimed that their pixel-chaotic-shuffle (PCS) encryption method has high confidential security. However, the security analysis of the PCS method against the chosen-plaintext attack (CPA) and known-plaintext attack (KPA) performed by Solak et al. successfully breaks the PCS encryption scheme without knowing the secret key. In this paper we present an improved shuffling pattern for the plaintext image bits to make the cryptosystem proposed by Huang et al. resistant to chosen-plaintext attack and known-plaintext attack. The modifications in the existing PCS encryption method are proposed to improve its security performance against the potential attacks described above. The Number of Pixel Change Rate (NPCR), Unified Average Changed Intensity (UACI), information entropy, and correlation coefficient analysis are performed to evaluate the statistical performance of the modified PCS method. The simulation analysis reveals that the modified PCS method has better statistical features and is more resistant to attacks than Huang et al.'s PCS method.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2017

We propose a novel multi-photodiode array (MPDA) based retinal implant IC with on/off stimulation strategy for a visual prosthesis with improved spatial resolution. An active pixel sensor combined with a comparator enables generation of biphasic current pulses when light intensity meets a threshold condition. The threshold is tuned by changing the discharging time of the active pixel sensor for various light intensity environments. A prototype of the 30-channel retinal implant IC was fabricated with a unit pixel area of $0.021mm^2$, and the stimulus level up to $354{\mu}A$ was measured with the threshold ranging from 400 lx to 13120 lx.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of radiotherapy on mandibular bone tissue in head and neck cancer patients through an analysis of pixel intensity and fractal dimension values on digital panoramic radiographs. Materials and Methods: Thirty patients with radiographic records from before and after 3-dimensional (3D) conformational radiotherapy were selected. A single examiner carried out digital analyses of pixel intensity values and fractal dimensions, with the areas of interest unilaterally located in the right angle medullary region of the mandible below the mandibular canal and posterior to the molar region. Results: Statistically significant decreases were observed in the mean pixel intensity (P=0.0368) and fractal dimension (P=0.0495) values after radiotherapy. Conclusion: The results suggest that 3D conformational radiotherapy for head and neck cancer negatively affected the trabecular microarchitecture and mandibular bone mass.

• 센서학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.160-164
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• 2018

In this paper, a wide dynamic range complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor with the adjustable sensitivity by using cascode metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) and inverter is proposed. The characteristics of the CMOS image sensor were analyzed through experimental results. The proposed active pixel sensor consists of eight transistors operated under various light intensity conditions. The cascode MOSFET is operated as the constant current source. The current generated from the cascode MOSFET varies with the light intensity. The proposed CMOS image sensor has wide dynamic range under the high illumination owing to logarithmic response to the light intensity. In the proposed active pixel sensor, a CMOS inverter is added. The role of the CMOS inverter is to determine either the conventional mode or the wide dynamic range mode. The cascode MOSFET let the current flow the current if the CMOS inverter is turned on. The number of pixels is $140(H){\times}180(V)$ and the CMOS image sensor architecture is composed of a pixel array, multiplexer (MUX), shift registers, and biasing circuits. The sensor was fabricated using $0.35{\mu}m$ 2-poly 4-metal CMOS standard process.