• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1987년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집; 한국과학기술대학, 충남; 16-17 Oct. 1987
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• pp.684-689
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• 1987

Digital Subtraction Angiography(DSA) technique has been widely used to detect vascular diseases and hemodynamic parameters noninvasively. However, there are few quantitative studies on the factors in fluencing the resultant DSA image quality. In this paper, several important factors are suggested to improved the DSA image quality based on mathematical analysis. Experimental DSA images for different filters are shown and also discussed the difference between original and processed image quality.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권10호
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• pp.2328-2333
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• 2020

The filter technique was applied to noise images, as noise is the significant factor that cause poor image quality due to lower photon counting. The purpose of this study is to confirm that image quality can be improved using the median modified Wiener filter (MMWF) technique; this is achieved via a National Electrical Manufacturers Association International Electrotechnical Commission body phantom with four large spheres that are filled with the ^99mTc radioisotope when evaluating the image quality. Conventional filters such as Wiener, Gaussian, and median filters were designed, and signal to noise ratio, coefficient of variation, and contrast to noise ratio were used as the evaluation parameters. The improvement in the image quality was in the following order, from the least to the highest improvement, in all cases: Wiener filter, Gaussian filter, median filter, and the MMWF technique. The results show that the image quality was improved from 20.6 to 65.5%, 7.4-40.3%, and 12.7-44.7% for the SNR, COV, and CNR values, respectively, when using the MMWF technique, compared with the use of conventional filters. In conclusion, our results demonstrated that the MMWF technique is useful for reducing the noise distribution in gamma camera images.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.263-268
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• 2002

내시경 영상의 질을 결정하는데는 많은 요소들 즉 내시경 영상가이드가 포함하고 있는 광섬유들의 숫자 및 광섬유 각각의 형태, 재료, 길이 등의 측정, 분석이 필요하지만 그 각각의 요소들은 서로 상관관계를 가지고 있기 때문에 각 요소들에 대한 독립적 분석은 불가능한 것으로 평가되어 지고 있다. 그래서 크게 2가지 특성 즉 영상가이드의 영상분해능(image resolution)과 영상광도(image brightness)를 측정, 분석함으로써 내시경 영상의 질을 판단하려는 연구가 진행되고 있으나 아직 그 정확한 분석 방법이 확립되어 있지 않은 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 의료용 내시경에 사용되는 미세 영상가이드의 영상광도를 정량화하기 위해서 영상가이드 자체의 PF(Packing fraction), 개구수(numerical aperture) 및 광감쇠율의 측정방법을 개발하였고, 실제 미세내시경에 사용되고 있는 영상가이드의 광도를 측정하고 정량화였다 특히 영상가이드 전체의 개구수를 측정함으로써 기존의 개구수 계산값에 의한 방법보다 정확한 영상광도의 정량화가 가능하였고 그 결과 직경이 $3.1\mu m$인 광섬유를 포함하는 영상가이드의 광도는 직경이 $4.1\mu m$인 광섬유를 포함하는 영상가이드 보다 약 37% 만큼 낮다는 결론을 얻었다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제36권6_2호
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• pp.1493-1507
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• 2020

KOMPSAT-3A는 2015년 3월 발사하여 약 6개월의 기간 동안 초기 검보정을 수행한 이후 지난 8년 동안 성공적으로 KOMPSAT-3A 자료를 사용자들에게 배포하였으며, 수집된 영상 자료는 지도제작, GIS, 국토관리 등의 다양한 분야에서 정성적, 정량적 정보 추출의 기초 자료로 활용되고 있다. 한국항공우주연구원에서는 KOMPSAT-3A의 영상제품군에서 추출되는 정보의 정확도 및 신뢰도를 확보하기 위해 주기적으로 영상 품질과 인공위성 하드웨어 특성을 확인하고 있다. 또한 KOMPSAT-3A의 탑재체, 자세제어 센서들의 노후화에 따른 영상 품질 저하 현상을 최소화하기 위해 지속적인 영상 품질 개선 작업을 수행하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 KOMPSAT-3A 개발 단계에서 정의된 발사 전후의 검보정 주요 과정 및 대표 영상 품질 인자인 MTF, SNR, Location accuracy 측정 방법을 설명하였다. 이를 바탕으로 발사 후 초기 LEOP Cal/Val이 완료된 이후 측정된 영상 품질 인자별 성능값과 최근 2016년부터 2020년 5월까지 KOMPSAT-3A호의 주요 품질 인자인 MTF, SNR, Location accuracy 현황과 특성을 기술하였다.

• 한국인쇄학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.53-63
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• 2005

The quality of the print can be specified through the quality of the coloring, the reproduction of fine structures and the range of tone values. Also, package printed quality are controlled by this points. In this paper, densitometry method was used for printed quality. By densitometry we can get the print density and the parameters of each conditions that characterize halftone printing, such as dot gain and relative printing contrast. Also, we have proposed the optimizes range of the parameters such as density, dot gain etc. to the package printed printability control.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the International Welding/Joining Conference-Korea
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• pp.307-313
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• 2002

This paper describes a weld pool monitoring technique, which is based on the weld pool image analysis. The proposed image analysis algorithm uses machine vision techniques to extract geometrical information from the weld pool image such as maximum weld pool width, gap width and misalignment between the joint longitudinal axis and the welding wire. These can be related to the welding parameters (welding voltage and current, wire feed speed and standoff) to produce control actions necessary to ensure that the required weld quality will be achieved. The experiments have shown that the algorithm is able to produce good estimates of the weld pool geometry; however, the adjustment of the camera parameters affects the image quality and, consequently, has a great influence over the estimation.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.222-228
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• 2023

This study aimed to analyze the applicability of the improved median filter in positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance (MR) fusion images based on parallel imaging using generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisition (GRAPPA). In this study, a PET/MR fusion imaging system based on a 3.0T magnetic field and ¹⁸F radioisotope were used. An improved median filter that can set a mask of the median value more efficiently than before was modeled and applied to the acquired image. As quantitative evaluation parameters of the noise level, the contrast to noise ratio (CNR) and coefficient of variation (COV) were calculated. Additionally, no-reference-based evaluation parameters were used to analyze the overall image quality. We confirmed that the CNR and COV values of the PET/MR fusion images to which the improved median filter was applied improved by approximately 3.32 and 2.19 times on average, respectively, compared to the noisy image. In addition, the no-reference-based evaluation results showed a similar trend for the noise-level results. In conclusion, we demonstrated that it can be supplemented by using an improved median filter, which suggests the problem of image quality degradation of PET/MR fusion images that shortens scan time using GRAPPA.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.31-35
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• 2014

Purpose: This study was performed to investigate the effect of image enhancement of periapical radiographs according to the diagnostic task. Materials and Methods: Eighty digital intraoral radiographs were obtained from patients and classified into four groups according to the diagnostic tasks of dental caries, periodontal diseases, periapical lesions, and endodontic files. All images were enhanced differently by using five processing techniques. Three radiologists blindly compared the subjective image quality of the original images and the processed images using a 5-point scale. Results: There were significant differences between the image quality of the processed images and that of the original images (P< 0.01) in all the diagnostic task groups. Processing techniques showed significantly different efficacy according to the diagnostic task (P< 0.01). Conclusion: Image enhancement affects the image quality differently depending on the diagnostic task. And the use of optimal parameters is important for each diagnostic task.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2021

Under the time-varying temperature, the high-temperature radiation of forgings and the change of reflection characteristics of oxide skin on the surface of forgings lead to the difficulty of obtaining images to truly reflect the geometric characteristics of forgings. It is urgent to study the clear and reliable acquisition method of hot forging feature image under time-varying temperature to meet the requirements of visual measurement of hot geometric parameters of forgings. Based on this, this chapter first puts forward the quality evaluation method of forging feature image, which provides guarantee for the accurate evaluation of feature image quality. Furthermore, the factors that affect the image quality, such as the radiation characteristics of forgings and the photographic characteristics of cameras, are analyzed, and the imaging spectrum which can effectively suppress the radiation intensity of forgings is determined. Finally, aiming at the problem that the quality of image acquisition is difficult to guarantee due to the drastic change of radiation intensity of forgings under time-varying temperature, an image acquisition method based on minimum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) based laser light intensity adaptation is proposed, which significantly improves the definition of feature light strips in forging images at high temperature, and finally realizes the clear acquisition of feature images of large-scale hot forging under time-varying temperature.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.264-272
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• 2012

In the field of medical diagnostics, interested parties have resorted increasingly to medical imaging. It is well established that the accuracy and completeness of diagnosis are initially connected with the image quality, but the quality of the image is itself dependent on a number of factors including primarily the processing that an image must undergo to enhance its quality. This paper introduces an algorithm for medical image compression based on the quincunx wavelets coupled with SPIHT coding algorithm, of which we applied the lattice structure to improve the wavelet transform shortcomings. In order to enhance the compression by our algorithm, we have compared the results obtained with those of other methods containing wavelet transforms. For this reason, we evaluated two parameters known for their calculation speed. The first parameter is the PSNR; the second is MSSIM (structural similarity) to measure the quality of compressed image. The results are very satisfactory regarding compression ratio, and the computation time and quality of the compressed image compared to those of traditional methods.