• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.49-52
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• 2017

Ganglion cysts are benign soft tissues usually encountered in the wrist. In this paper, we propose a method to extract a ganglion cyst region from ultrasonography images by using image segmentation. The proposed method using the possibilistic c-means (PCM) clustering method is applicable to ganglion cyst extraction. The methods considered in this thesis are fuzzy stretching, median filter, PCM clustering, and connected component labeling. Fuzzy stretching performs well on ultrasonography images and improves the original image. Median filter reduces the speckle noise without decreasing the image sharpness. PCM clustering is used for categorizing pixels into the given cluster centers. Connected component labeling is used for labeling the objects in an image and extracting the cyst region. Further, PCM clustering is more robust in the case of noisy data, and the proposed method can extract a ganglion cyst area with an accuracy of 80% (16 out of 20 images).

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제29권5C호
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• pp.700-705
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• 2004

Autoencoder와 Fuzzy c-Means 알고리즘을 이용하여, 불완전한 데이터의 군집화를 위한 알고리즘이 본 논문에서 제안되었다. 본 논문에서 제안된 Optimal Completion Autoencoder Fuzzy c-Means (OCAEFCM)은 손상되어 불완전한 데이터의 최적 복원과 데이터의 군집화를 위해 Autoencoder Neural Network (AENN) 과 Gradient-based FCM (GBFCM)을 이용하였다. OCAEFCM 의 성능평가를 위해 IRIS 데이터와 금융기관에서 취득한 실제 데이터를 사용하였다 기존의 Optimal Completion Strategy FCM (OCSFCM)과 비교했을 때, 제안된 OCAEFCM 이 OCSFCM 보다 18％-20％의 성능 향상을 보여준다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.823-827
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• 2016

Determination of the colorectal cancer stage is possible only after surgery based on pathology results. However, sometimes this may prove impossible. The aim of the present study was to determine colorectal cancer stage using three clustering methods based on preoperative clinical findings. All patients referred to the Colorectal Research Center of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences for colorectal cancer surgery during 2006 to 2014 were enrolled in the study. Accordingly, 117 cases participated. Three clustering algorithms were utilized including k-means, hierarchical and fuzzy c-means clustering methods. External validity measures such as sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were used for evaluation of the methods. The results revealed maximum accuracy and sensitivity values for the hierarchical and a maximum specificity value for the fuzzy c-means clustering methods. Furthermore, according to the internal validity measures for the present data set, the optimal number of clusters was two (silhouette coefficient) and the fuzzy c-means algorithm was more appropriate than the k-means clustering approach by increasing the number of clusters.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.889-894
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• 2004

Fuzzy Kernel C-Means(FKCM) 알고리즘은 커널 함수를 통하여 구형의 데이터뿐만 아니라 Fuzzy C-Means(FCM)에서는 분류하기 힘든 복잡한 형태의 분포를 갖는 데이터를 분류할 수 있다. 하지만 FCM과 같이 노이즈에 대해서는 민감한 성질을 가진다. 이처럼 노이즈(noise)에 민감한 성질을 보완하기 위해서 본 논문에서는 Possibilistic C-Means 알고리즘에 커널 함수를 적용하였다. 제안한 Kernel Possibilistic C-Means(KPCM) 알고리즘은 일반적인 데이터에 대해 FKCM과 같은 성능의 클러스터링 수행이 가능하며 노이즈가 있는 데이터에 대해서는 FKCM보다 정확한 클러스터링을 수행할 수 있다.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제9B권3호
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• pp.319-326
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 위성영상을 처리하기 위한 무감독분류 기법인 군집분류 시스템을 설계하고 구현하였다. 구현된 시스템은 새로운 위성영상 포맷과 군집분류 기법의 지원이 용이하고, 확장성 있는 시스템의 설계를 위하여 팩토리 패턴과 전략적 패턴 등 다양한 디자인 패턴을 적용하였다. 군집분류 시스템은 순차군집분류 기법, K-Means 군집분류 기법, ISODATA 기법, Fuzzy C-Means군집분류 기법을 설계, 구현하였으며 Landsat TM 위성영상을 분류기의 입력영상으로 실험하였다. 그 결과 군집분류 기법은 사전지식이 없는 위성영상의 분류를 위한 표본영역의 추출작업과 위성영상의 실시간 분류에 효과적인 사용이 가능함을 보였으며, 재사용성 및 확장성이 우수한 시스템을 개발하였다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.381-388
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• 2001

DNA칩의 유전자 발현 데이터의 통합적 분석을 위하여 매트랩을 기반으로 한 통합분석 프로그램을 구축하였다. 이 프로그램은 유전자 발현 분석을 위해 일반적으로 많이 쓰는 방법인 Hierarchical clustering(HC), K-means, Self-organizing map(SOM), Principal component analysis(PCA)를 지원하며, 이외에 Fuzzy c-means방법과 최근에 발표된 Singular value decomposition(SVD) 분석 방법도 지원하고 있다. 통합분석프로그램의 성능을 알아보기 위하여 효모의 포자형성(sporulation)과 정의 유전자발현 데이터를 사용하였으며, 각 분석 방법에 따른 분석 결과를 제시하였으며, 이 프로그램이 유전자 발현데이타의 통합적인 분석을 위해 효과적으로 사용될 수 있음을 제시하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.3121-3143
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• 2019

Segmentation plays an important role in the field of image processing and computer vision. Intuitionistic fuzzy C-means (IFCM) clustering algorithm emerged as an effective technique for image segmentation in recent years. However, standard fuzzy C-means (FCM) and IFCM algorithms are sensitive to noise and initial cluster centers, and they ignore the spatial relationship of pixels. In view of these shortcomings, an improved algorithm based on IFCM is proposed in this paper. Firstly, we propose a modified non-membership function to generate intuitionistic fuzzy set and a method of determining initial clustering centers based on grayscale features, they highlight the effect of uncertainty in intuitionistic fuzzy set and improve the robustness to noise. Secondly, an improved nonlinear kernel function is proposed to map data into kernel space to measure the distance between data and the cluster centers more accurately. Thirdly, the local spatial-gray information measure is introduced, which considers membership degree, gray features and spatial position information at the same time. Finally, we propose a new measure of intuitionistic fuzzy entropy, it takes into account fuzziness and intuition of intuitionistic fuzzy set. The experimental results show that compared with other IFCM based algorithms, the proposed algorithm has better segmentation and clustering performance.

• 한국지능시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국퍼지및지능시스템학회 1998년도 The Third Asian Fuzzy Systems Symposium
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• pp.148-152
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• 1998

Gustafson and Kessel proposed a modified fuzzy c-Means algorithm based of the Mahalanobis distance. Though the algorithm appears more natural through the use of a fuzzy covariance matrix, it needs to calculate determinants and inverses of the c-fuzzy scatter matrices. This paper proposes a fuzzy clustering algorithm using pseudo mahalanobis distance, which is more easy to use and flexible than the Gustafson and Kessel's fuzzy c-Means.

• 기술사
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.71-79
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• 1996

This paper evaluates the clustering performance of a neural network and a statistical method. Algorithms which are used in this paper are the GLVQ(Generalized Loaming vector Quantization) for a neural method and the k -means algorithm for a statistical clustering method. For comparison of two methods, we calculate the Rand's c statistics. As a result, the mean of c value obtained with the GLVQ is higher than that obtained with the k -means algorithm, while standard deviation of c value is lower. Experimental data sets were the Fisher's IRIS data and patterns extracted from handwritten numerals.

• 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.