• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.2 no.3 s.4
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• pp.153-158
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• 2006

In this paper, we propose an image interpolator for low computational complexity. The proposed image interpolator supports the image scaling using a modified cubic convolution interpolation between the input and output resolutions for a full screen display. In order to reduce the computational complexity, we use the difference in value of the adjacent pixels for selecting interpolation methods and linear function of the cubic convolution. The proposed image interpolator is compared with the conventional one for the computational complexity and image quality. The proposed image interpolator has been designed and verified by Verilog HDL(Hardware Description Language). It has been synthesized using the Xilinx VirtexE FPGA, and implemented using an FPGA-based prototype board.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.1164-1171
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• 2015

The edge preserving method is important for image storage and geometric transformation. In this paper, we propose a new edge preserving method using HOG-Guide filter for image segmentation. In our approach, we extract edge information using gradient histogram to set HOG guide line. Then, we use HOG guide line to smooth image. With two to four iterations of smoothing operations, we finally obtain desirable edge preserved image. Our experimental results showed good performances showing that our proposed method is better than other methods.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.07e
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• pp.1859-1862
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• 2003

Security of digital images attracts much attention recently, and many image encryption methods have been proposed. This paper proposed an image encryption methodology to hide the image information. The target data of it is the result from quantization in the wavelet domain. This method encrypts only part of the image data rather than the whole data of the original image. For ciphering the quantization index we use a novel image encryption Algorithm called BRIE(Bit Recirculation Image Encryption). which was proposed by J. C. Yen and J. I. Guo in 1999. According to a chaotic binary sequence generated by BRIE, the block which is produced by quantization index is cyclically shifted in the right or left direction. Finally, simulation results are included to demonstrate its effectiveness.

• The Magazine of the IEIE
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.83-93
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• 1996

Picture archiving and communications systems(PACS) for digital image distribution, archiving and transmission, represent the modern hospital. PACS is the medical image management system within a hospital, whereas teleradiology system is the medical image communication system between remote sites. PACS and teleradiology systems usually consists of mainly four parts such as image acquisition part, image storage and database part, Image communication network part, and image display workstation part. Among these components comprised In the PACS, workstations are the point of contact between a PACS and the radiologist or referring physician. Therefore, the acceptance of PACS is highly dependent on workstation functionality, performance and easy of use compared with the conventional film-based radiology. This paper describes overall configurations and some requirements of PACS and teleradiology.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• v.44 no.1
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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 Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.1270-1278
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• 2014

The modern infrared (IR) imaging systems use mainly one or more wavelength bands among short wavelength IR (SWIR), middle wavelength IR (MWIR), and long wavelength IR (LWIR) bands. In the process of IR image synthesis and modeling, IR image wavelength-band conversion which transforms arbitrary band image to other band one is required. The wavelength-band conversion procedure includes a temperature estimation process of an object surface. However, in this procedure, an approximated Planck's radiation equation causes errors in estimated temperature. In this paper, we propose an estimation temperature error attenuation method in IR image band conversion procedure. The estimated temperature is corrected with a slope information of radiance according to it. The corrected temperature is used for generation of the other band IR image. The verification of proposed method is demonstrated through the simulation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, and Cartography Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.181-185
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• 2003

Recently, in accordance with supplying high-resolution satellite images which as IKONOS, KVR-1000, and Quick Bird, the use of satellite images have increased in the study which extraction of features from high-resolution satellite images is becoming a new research focus. In this study, using generally involves such as image segmentation, filtering and sobel operator and thinning in image processing for extraction of feature from satellite image. We apply this method to extraction of feature which need to the revision of map from high-resolution IKONOS satellite image data, we verified the capability of extraction of feature and application using satellite image and proposed a plan for the study in the future.

• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.61-67
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• 2009

PACS and Medical Image System use only high level metadata in retrieving desired image nowadays. In order to retrieve Medical Image Data more efficiently, it would be needed to retrieve similarity by utilizing low level metadata as well as keyword retrieval by high level metadata. Thus, In this paper presents that it has realized similarity retrieval by low level metadata on the basis of MPEG-7, and keyword retrieval by high level metadata of DICOM base. It would be also available to look into medical image data in various methods and read accurate image promptly for diagnosis and treatment by retrieval with integrating two metadata.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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• v.33B no.7
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• pp.60-69
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• 1996

To retrieve complex data such as images in multimedia information, we need the content-based retrieval methods based on the visual properties rather than keywords. In this paper, a contrent-based image retrieval system is desinged and implemented to retrieve images using the features of images such as colors, lines and intensity vetor features when a visual query inputs. The contents for image retrievals are the color features extracted from the color component of 16 blocks of the image, th eline features extracted form 4 lines in the image and the shape features extracted from the intensity vectors of the 16 blocks. We can either use a whole image or a sketch image for query. As the experimental results demonstrate the precision 91% the recall 33% and the average rank 3.1 the retrieval performance is found to be high. The experimental results indicate that the retrieval using the weighted features have led to substantial improvement in the percision and performance of system.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07g
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• pp.2240-2242
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• 1998

Image coding based on fractal theory presents highly compressed image. In this paper, we discuss about compression of Image using HV partition method. HV partition scheme devides the image adaptively in horizontal and vertical axis. And for reducing the enconding time for the domain-range comparison, we use classification scheme, which uses the order of brightness of the rectangular portion of the image. This paper focused on the technique to reduce coding time which is a problem in traditional fractal compression by adaptive selection of image and its classification method.