• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2009년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.329-332
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• 2009

Speckle noise reduction for ultrasound CT image using morphological adaptive median filtering based on edge preservation is presented in this paper. Speckle noise is multiplicative feature and causes ultrasound image to degrade widely from transducer. An input image is classified into edge region and homogeneous region in preprocessing. The speckle is reduced by morphological operation on the 2D gray scale by using convolution and correlation, and edges are preserved. The adaptive median is processed to reduce an impulse noise. As the result the proposed method enhances the image to about 20% in comparison with Winer filter by Edge Preservation Index and PSNR.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.535-538
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• 2009

Speckle noise reduction for ultrasound CT image using morphological adaptive median filtering based on edge preservation is presented in this paper. Speckle noise is multiplicative feature and causes ultrasound image to degrade widely from transducer. An input image is classified into edge region and homogeneous region in preprocessing. The speckle is reduced by morphological operation on the 2D gray scale by using convolution and correlation, and edges are preserved. The adaptive median is processed to reduce an impulse noise to preserve edges. As the result, MAM of the proposed method enhances the image to about 10% in comparison with Winner filter by Edge Preservation Index and PSNR, and 10% to only adaptive median filtering.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.439-441
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• 2005

A kernel regression filter with adaptive bandwidth is developed and successfully applied to digital reactivity meter for neutron signal measurement in nuclear reactors. The purpose of this work is not only reduction of the measurement noise but also the edge preservation of the reactivity signal. The performance of the filtering algorithm is demonstrated comparing with well known smoothing methods of conventional low-pass and bilateral filters. The developed method gives satisfactory filtering performance and edge preservation capability.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2001년도 제14회 신호처리 합동 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.81-84
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• 2001

We propose a novel noise littering method based on adaptive windowing. To restore a noisy signal adaptive filtering methods have been widely researched and used. However, conventional adaptive filtering methods have a trade-off between noise suppression and edge preservation since they adopt fixed size filters. In this paper applying the adaptive windowing concept to adaptive filtering, we overcome the trade-off, The filter size is adaptively selected depending on signal statistics. The visual results of the signal and image restorations convincingly show the superior preservation of edge and detail and suppression of noise for the proposed adaptive windowed adaptive filter compared with conventional methods.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.92-98
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• 2021

Purpose: This study automatically discriminates homogeneous and structure edge regions on computed tomography (CT) images, and it evaluates the noise level and edge preservation ratio (EPR) according to the different types of iterative reconstruction (IR). Methods: The dataset consisted of CT scans of 10 patients reconstructed with filtered back projection (FBP), statistical IR (iDose⁴), and iterative model-based reconstruction (IMR). Using the 10th and 85th percentiles of the structure coherence feature, homogeneous and structure edge regions were localized. The noise level was estimated using the averages of the standard deviations for five regions of interests (ROIs), and the EPR was calculated as the ratio of standard deviations between homogeneous and structural edge regions on subtraction CT between the FBP and IR. Results: The noise levels were 20.86±1.77 Hounsfield unit (HU), 13.50±1.14 HU, and 7.70±0.46 HU for FBP, iDose⁴, and IMR, respectively, which indicates that iDose⁴ and IMR could achieve noise reductions of approximately 35.17% and 62.97%, respectively. The EPR had values of 1.14±0.48 and 1.22±0.51 for iDose⁴ and IMR, respectively. Conclusions: The iDose⁴ and IMR algorithms can effectively reduce noise levels while maintaining the anatomical structure. This study suggested automated evaluation measurements of noise levels and EPRs, which are important aspects in CT image quality with patients' cases of FBP, iDose⁴, and IMR. We expect that the inclusion of other important image quality indices with a greater number of patients' cases will enable the establishment of integrated platforms for monitoring both CT image quality and radiation dose.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.1773-1778
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• 2012

최근 들어, 디지털 영상처리 장치에 대한 수요가 급격히 증대되면서 영상의 우수한 화질이 요구되고 있다. 그러나 여러 가지 원인에 의해 잡음이 추가되어 영상을 훼손시킨다. 따라서 잡음제거에 대한 필요성이 대두되고 있으며, 잡음제거 기술은 주요한 연구 분야가 되었다. 영상은 AWGN(additive white Gaussian noise)에 의해 많이 훼손되며, 본 논문에서는 AWGN을 제거하기 위해, 에지보호를 위한 개선된 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 알고리즘은 먼저 공간거리 차이 정보를 고려한 가중치 필터와 적응 가중치 필터로 처리한 결과값의 평균과 마스크내의 분산과 추정된 잡음분산의 관계식에 의해 처리된 값을 합하여, 영상의 최종출력값을 구한다. 따라서 제안한 방법은 우수한 잡음제거 및 에지보존 특성을 나타내었고 영상의 화질을 개선하였다.

• Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.191-197
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• 2016

Since 3D measurement technologies have been widely used in manufacturing industries edge detection in a depth image plays an important role in computer vision applications. In this paper, we have proposed an edge detection process in a depth image based on the image based smoothing and morphological operations. In this method we have used the principle of Median filtering, which has a renowned feature for edge preservation properties. The edge detection was done based on Canny Edge detection principle and was improvised with morphological operations, which are represented as combinations of erosion and dilation. Later, we compared our results with some existing methods and exhibited that this method produced better results. However, this method works in multiframe applications with effective framerates. Thus this technique will aid to detect edges robustly from depth images and contribute to promote applications in depth images such as object detection, object segmentation, etc.

• 전자공학회논문지S
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• 제34S권3호
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• pp.84-96
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• 1997

In this paper an efficient morphologica algorithm for reducing gaussian and impulse noise in gray-scale image is presented. Based on the edge information the input image is partitioned into a flat region and an edge region, then different algorithms are selectively applied to each region. in case of impulse noise, MGR (morphologica grayscale reconstruction) algorithm with directional SE (structuring element) is applied to the flat region. For theedge region opening-closing (closing-opening) is used instead of dialation (erosion), so that the remaining noise around large objects can be removed. In case of gaussian noise, 5*5 OCCO(opening closing closing opening) and 3*3 DMF(directional morphological filter ) are used for the flat region and the edgeregion, respectively. In order to remove discontinuity at the edge boundary, the algorithm uses 3*3 OCCO around the edge region to reconstruct the final image. Experimetnal results have shown that the proposed algorithm achieves a high performance in terms of noise removal, detail preservation, and NMSE.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.195-203
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• 2022

Noise generated during image acquisition and transmission can negatively impact the results of image processing applications, and noise removal is typically a part of image preprocessing. Denoising techniques combined with nonlocal techniques have received significant attention in recent years, owing to the development of sophisticated hardware and image processing algorithms, much attention has been paid to; however, this approach is relatively poor for edge preservation of fine image details. To address this limitation, the current study combined a steering kernel technique with adaptive masks that can adjust the size according to the noise intensity of an image. The algorithm sets the steering weight based on a similarity comparison, allowing it to respond to edge components more effectively. The proposed algorithm was compared with existing denoising algorithms using quantitative evaluation and enlarged images. The proposed algorithm exhibited good general denoising performance and better performance in edge area processing than existing non-local techniques.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2022

최근 정보통신기술의 발전에 따라 사물인터넷 기술이 비약적으로 발전하고 있다. IoT 기술은 다양한 센서들을 활용하여 각 센서의 고유한 데이터를 발생시켜 시스템 상태의 진단을 가능하도록 한다. 하지만, 현재 적용되고 있는 장비운용 시스템은 장비에 문제가 발생한 후 관리자가 해당 문제를 처리해야하는 사후보전 방식의 개념이며, 이는 시스템의 에러로 인한 시스템의 신뢰성 및 가용성 문제점을 의미할 수 있으며, 정비를 위한 시스템 중단으로 생산성에 부정적 영향으로 인한 경제적 손실을 초래할 수 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 지능형 IoT(AIoT) 기술을 적용하여 공장 내 정류기를 보다 효율적으로 운용하기 위한 엣지 컨트롤러 제어 의사 결정 알고리즘과, 정류기 부품별 고장 상황 정보에 대한 도메인 지식 기반의 모델링을 작성하여, 이를 바탕으로 수집된 각 센서 데이터에 대한 상관관계 분석을 통해 시나리오별 Abnormal 데이터에 대하여 적정 수준의 상태 메시지를 출력함을 확인할 수 있었으며, 이를 통한 기존 현장의 장비 운용 시스템의 가용성과 생산성이 향상됨을 확인하였다.