• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.161-170
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• 2015

Mean separated histogram equalization in order to preserve the original mean brightness has been proposed. To provide the minimum mean brightness error after the histogram modification, the input image's histogram is successively divided by the factor of 2 until the mean brightness error is satisfied the defined threshold. Then each divided group or sub-histogram will be independently equalized based on the proportional input mean. To provide the overall minimum mean brightness error, each group will be controlled by adding some certain pixels from the adjacent grey level of the next group for giving its mean near by the corresponding the divided mean. However, it still exists some little error which will be put into the next adjacent group. By successive dividing the original histogram, we found that the absolute mean brightness error is gradually decreased when the number of group is increased. Therefore, the error threshold is assigned in order to automatically dividing the original histogram for obtaining the desired absolute mean brightness error (AMBE). This process will be applied to the color image by treating each color independently.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2004년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.111-113
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• 2004

Histogram Equalization is the most popular algorithm for contrast enhancement due to its effectiveness and simplicity. In this paper, We propose the advanced contrast enhancement method using genetic algorithm. We propose a novel objective criterion for enhancement, and attempt finding the best image according to the respective criterion. Due to the high complexity of the enhancement criterion proposed, we employ a Genetic Algorithm. We compared our method with other enhancement techniques, like Global Histogram Equalization and Partially Overlapped Sub-Block Histogram Equalization(POSHE).

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.87-92
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• 2022

In this study, we aimed to illustrate that the thresholding method gives different results when tested on the original and the refined histograms. We use the global thresholding method, the well-known image segmentation method for separating objects and background from the image, and the refined histogram is created by the neighborhood distinction metric. If the original histogram of an image has some large bins which occupy the most density of whole intensity distribution, it is a problem for global methods such as segmentation and contrast enhancement. We refined the histogram to overcome the big bin problem in which sub-bins are created from big bins based on distinction metric. We suggest the refined histogram for preprocessing of thresholding in order to reduce the big bin problem. In the test, we use Otsu and median-based thresholding techniques and experimental results prove that their results on the refined histograms are more effective compared with the original ones.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.10-13
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• 2023

Patients with breast cancer can be positioned with their head turned to the contra lateral side or with their head straight during the radiation therapy treatment set-up. In our hospital, patients with locally advanced breast cancer who were receiving radiation therapy have experienced swallowing difficulty after 2 weeks of irradiation. In this pilot study, the impact of head position on reducing dysphagia occurrence was dosimetrically evaluated. Patients were divided into two groups viz., HT (head turned to the contra lateral side of the breast) and HS (head straight) with 10 members in each. Treatment planning was performed, and the dosimetric parameters such as Dmin, Dmax, Dmean, V₅, V₁₀, V₂₀, V₃₀, V₄₀, and V₅₀ of both groups were extracted from the dose volume histogram (DVH) of esophagus. The target coverage in the supraclavicular fossa (SCF) region was analyzed using D₉₅ and D₉₈; moreover, the dose heterogeneity was assessed with D₂ from the DVHs. The average values of the dose volume parameters were 27.6%, 58.6%, 35.4%, 19%, 13.8%, 14.1%, 11.8%, 8.4%, and 8.1% higher in the HT group compared with those in the HS group. Furthermore, for the SCF, the mean values of D₉₈, D₉₅, and D₂ were 42.4, 47.5, and 54 Gy, respectively, in the HS group and 38.9, 45.35, and 55.5 Gy, respectively, in the HT group. This pilot study attempts to give a solution for the poor quality of life of patients after breast radiotherapy due to dysphagia. The findings confirm that the head position could play a significant role in alleviating esophageal toxicity without compromising tumor control.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.45-56
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 스마트폰 카메라의 객체기반 자동초점 기능을 위해, 움직이는 물체의 고속 추적 방법을 제안한다. 사양이 낮은 플랫폼에서의 비-학습 제약을 고려하여 히스토그램 특징 기반의 슬라이딩 윈도우 검출 기법을 사용한다. 각 부분 윈도우에 대한 히스토그램의 계산 시간문제는 적분 히스토그램을 통해 해결한다. 본 논문에서는 지역적 후보 검출, 적응적 템플릿 크기 방법을 제안한다. 또한 추적 위치의 안정화를 위해 정합 함수에 안정화 항을 추가하는 기법을 제안한다. 자체 수집한 데이터에 대한 실험결과는 PC 환경에서 초당 100 프레임 수준의 높은 처리 속도 달성을 보여주었다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.986-995
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 스마트폰 카메라에서 움직이는 물체의 실시간 추적 방법을 제안한다. 사양이 낮은 플랫폼에서의 비-학습 기반 제약을 고려하여 히스토그램 특징 기반의 슬라이딩 윈도우 검출 기법을 사용한다. 각 부분 윈도우에 대한 히스토그램의 계산 시간문제는 적분 히스토그램을 통해 해결한다. 추가적인 속도개선과 성능향상을 위해 적응적 빈 방법을 제안한다. 자체 수집한 데이터에 대한 실험을 통해 우리는 초당 34~63프레임 수준의 높은 처리속도를 달성하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.658-665
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• 2015

의료영상에서 잡음을 제거하는 것과 명암대비를 좋게하는 것은 화질을 향상시키는 중요한 방법이다. 본 논문에서는 의료영상의 화질 향상을 위해 에지 기반 잡음 제거 방법과 적응적 비선형 히스토그램 스트레칭 알고리즘을 제안한다. 첫째, 웨이블릿 변환을 수행하고 분해된 고주파 부밴드 각각에 대해 Haar 변환을 수행한다. 동시에 수평, 수직, 대각 방향의 Sobel 마스크를 적용하여 방향별 에지를 검출한다. 둘째, 고주파 부밴드에 대해 에지 기반 적응적 문턱치를 이용하여 잡음을 제거한다. 셋째, 적응적 가중치를 이용하여 고주파 부밴드 계수 값을 향상한 후, Haar 역변환 및 웨이블릿 역변환을 수행하여 복원영상을 얻는다. 마지막으로 복원된 영상의 화소 값의 범위가 좁아졌으므로 제안하는 비선형 히스토그램 스트레칭 알고리즘을 이용하여 명암대비가 향상된 영상을 얻는다. 제안한 알고리즘을 낮은 명암대비를 갖는 의료영상에 적용했을 경우 효율적으로 에지를 보존하면서도 시각적으로 우수한 결과를 얻었다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2004년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2004
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• pp.721-725
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• 2004

Multiple-count problem is occurred when rectangle objects span across several buckets. The Cumulative Density (CD) histogram is a technique which solves multiple-count problem by keeping four sub-histograms corresponding to the four points of rectangle. Although it provides exact results with constant response time, there is still a considerable issue. Since it is based on a query window which aligns with a given grid, a number of errors may be occurred when it is applied to real applications. In this paper, we proposed selectivity estimation techniques using the generalized cumulative density histogram based on two probabilistic models: (1) probabilistic model which considers the query window area ratio, (2) probabilistic model which considers intersection area between a given grid and objects. In order to evaluate the proposed methods, we experimented with real dataset and experimental results showed that the proposed technique was superior to the existing selectivity estimation techniques. The proposed techniques can be used to accurately quantify the selectivity of the spatial range query on rectangle objects.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.104-116
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to systematically determine an optimal percentile cut-off in histogram analysis for calculating the mean parameters obtained from a non-Gaussian continuous-time random-walk (CTRW) diffusion model for differentiating individual glioma grades. This retrospective study included 90 patients with histopathologically proven gliomas (42 grade II, 19 grade III, and 29 grade IV). We performed diffusion-weighted imaging using 17 b-values (0-4000 s/mm²) at 3T, and analyzed the images with the CTRW model to produce an anomalous diffusion coefficient (D_m) along with temporal (𝛼) and spatial (𝛽) diffusion heterogeneity parameters. Given the tumor ROIs, we created a histogram of each parameter; computed the P-values (using a Student's t-test) for the statistical differences in the mean D_m, 𝛼, or 𝛽 for differentiating grade II vs. grade III gliomas and grade III vs. grade IV gliomas at different percentiles (1% to 100%); and selected the highest percentile with P < 0.05 as the optimal percentile. We used the mean parameter values calculated from the optimal percentile cut-offs to do a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis based on individual parameters or their combinations. We compared the results with those obtained by averaging data over the entire region of interest (i.e., 100th percentile). We found the optimal percentiles for D_m, 𝛼, and 𝛽 to be 68%, 75%, and 100% for differentiating grade II vs. III and 58%, 19%, and 100% for differentiating grade III vs. IV gliomas, respectively. The optimal percentile cut-offs outperformed the entire-ROI-based analysis in sensitivity (0.761 vs. 0.690), specificity (0.578 vs. 0.526), accuracy (0.704 vs. 0.639), and AUC (0.671 vs. 0.599) for grade II vs. III differentiations and in sensitivity (0.789 vs. 0.578) and AUC (0.637 vs. 0.620) for grade III vs. IV differentiations, respectively. Percentile-based histogram analysis, coupled with the multi-parametric approach enabled by the CTRW diffusion model using high b-values, can improve glioma grading.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 웨이블릿 변환과 Haar 변환을 기반으로 적응적 문턱치와 가중치를 이용하여 의료영상의 화질을 개선하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 첫째, 화질이 저하된 의료영상에 대해 웨이블릿 변환을 수행하고 분해된 고주파 밴드에 대해 Haar 변환을 수행한다. 둘째, 고주파 각 밴드에 대해 적응적 문턱치를 이용하여 잡음을 제거한다. 셋째, 잡음이 제거된 고주파 밴드에 대해 적응적인 가중치를 이용하여 계수를 향상한 후, Haar 역변환 및 웨이블릿 역변환을 수행하여 복원영상을 얻는다. 마지막 단계에서는 복원된 영상의 화소 값의 범위가 좁아졌으므로 비선형 히스토그램 평활을 이용하여 화소 값의 범위를 조절하고 명암 대비가 좋은 향상된 영상을 얻는다.