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3D/2D convertible color display based on modified integral imaging

  • Kim, Yun-Hee;Cho, Seong-Woo;Lee, Byoung-Ho
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.1318-1321
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    • 2006
  • We describe the 3D/2D convertible color display based on modified integral imaging. In the proposed method a color liquid crystal display panel is used as a transmission-type display panel and enables a color 3D/2D convertible display system. The principle of the proposed method will be explained and methods to overcome the color dispersion problem will be discussed also.

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New Image Mapping Algorithm for 3D Integral Imaging Display System used in Virtual Reality

  • Suk, Myung-Hoon;Min, Sung-Wook
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.41-45
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    • 2005
  • A new algorithm of the image mapping which is a technique of the elemental image generation is proposed. The proposed method is based on the characteristics of the lens array such as the number, the size and the focal length of the elemental lens. The 3D image generated by 3D graphic API such as OpenGL can be directly adopted without the complex adaptation. Since the image mapping using the proposed method can enhance the speed of the elemental image generation, the computer- generated integral imaging system can be applied to virtual reality system.

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A Rapid and Convenient Method for in Vivo Fluorescent Imaging of Protoscolices of Echinococcus multilocularis

  • Yang, Tao;Wang, Sibo;Zhang, Xuyong;Xia, Jie;Guo, Jun;Hou, Jixue;Zhang, Hongwei;Chen, Xueling;Wu, Xiangwei
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.54 no.2
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    • pp.225-231
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    • 2016
  • Human and animal alveolar echinococcosis (AE) are important helminth infections endemic in wide areas of the Northern hemisphere. Monitoring Echinococcus multilocularis viability and spread using real-time fluorescent imaging in vivo provides a fast method to evaluate the load of parasite. Here, we generated a kind of fluorescent protoscolices in vivo imaging model and utilized this model to assess the activity against E. multilocularis protoscolices of metformin (Met). Results indicated that JC-1 tagged E. multilocularis can be reliably and confidently used to monitor protoscolices in vitro and in vivo. The availability of this transient in vivo fluorescent imaging of E. multilocularis protoscolices constitutes an important step toward the long term bio-imaging research of the AE-infected mouse models. In addition, this will be of great interest for further research on infection strategies and development of drugs and vaccines against E. multilocularis and other cestodes.

Visual quality enhancement of three-dimensional photon-counting integral imaging using background noise removal algorithm (배경 잡음 제거 알고리즘을 적용한 3차원 광자 계수 집적 영상의 화질 향상)

  • Cho, Ki-Ok;Kim, Young jun;Kim, Cheolsu;Cho, Myungjin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.20 no.7
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    • pp.1376-1382
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, we present a visual quality enhancement technique for conventional three-dimensional (3D) photon counting integral imaging using background noise removal algorithm. Photon counting imaging can detect a few photons from desired objects and visualize them under severely photon-starved conditions such as low light level environment. However, when a lot of photons are generated from background, it is difficult to detect photons from desired objects. Thus, the visual quality of the reconstructed image may be degraded. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a new photon counting imaging method that removes unnecessary background noise and detects photons from only desired objects. In addition, integral imaging can be used to obtain 3D information and visualize the 3D image by statistical estimations such as maximum likelihood estimation. To prove and evaluate our proposed method, we implement the optical experiment and calculate mean square error.

Wide FOV Panorama Image Acquisition Method (광각 파노라마 영상획득 방법)

  • Kim, Soon-Cheol;Yi, Soo-Yeong
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.2117-2122
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    • 2015
  • Wide FOV(Field-of-View) is required to contain much more visual information in a single image. The wide FOV imaging system has many industrial applications such as surveillance, security, tele-conference, and mobile robots. In order to obtain a wide FOV panorama image, an imaging system with hyperbolic cylinder mirror is proposed in this paper. Because the horizontal FOV is more important than the vertical FOV in general, a hyperbolic cylinder mirror is designed in this paper, that has a hyperbolic curve in the horizontal surface and is the same as a planar mirror in the vertical axis. Imaging model of the proposed imaging system is presented by ray tracing method and the hyperbolic cylinder mirror is implemented. The imaging performance of wide FOV is verified by experiments in this paper. This imaging system is cost-effective and is possible to acquire a wide panorama image having 210 degree horizontal FOV in real-time without an extra image processing.

Novel Accuracy Enhancement Method for Absolute Temperature Measurement Using TEC-LESS Control in Uncooled Thermal Imaging (비냉각 열상시스템에서 TEC-Less를 이용한 절대온도 측정 정밀도 향상 기법)

  • Han, Joon Hwan
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.41-47
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    • 2012
  • Every object over $O^{\circ}K$ emits radiant energy based on its own temperature. Uncooled thermal imaging system displays the detected incident radiant energy as an image by signal processing. Recently, the uncooled thermal imaging system is applied to various areas such as medical, industrial, and military applications. Also, several researches are in progress to find new applications of the uncooled thermal imaging system. In this paper, we present effective method for controlling TEC-less detector in the uncooled thermal imaging system and also present the efficient control scheme for maximizing the accuracy of temperature measurement. The proposed scheme is to apply TEC-less and temperature detection algorithm in Uncooled thermal imaging system. In results of tests performed by using the actual chamber, we acquired images of better quality than the former system and temperature measurement accuracy was improved to less than $1^{\circ}C$.

Differentiation between Glioblastoma and Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Using Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast-Enhanced Perfusion MR Imaging: Comparison Study of the Manual versus Semiautomatic Segmentation Method

  • Kim, Ye Eun;Choi, Seung Hong;Lee, Soon Tae;Kim, Tae Min;Park, Chul-Kee;Park, Sung-Hye;Kim, Il Han
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.9-19
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    • 2017
  • Background: Normalized cerebral blood volume (nCBV) can be measured using manual or semiautomatic segmentation method. However, the difference in diagnostic performance on brain tumor differentiation between differently measured nCBV has not been evaluated. Purpose: To compare the diagnostic performance of manually obtained nCBV to that of semiautomatically obtained nCBV on glioblastoma (GBM) and primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) differentiation. Materials and Methods: Histopathologically confirmed forty GBM and eleven PCNSL patients underwent 3T MR imaging with dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced perfusion MR imaging before any treatment or biopsy. Based on the contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging, the mean nCBV (mCBV) was measured using the manual method (manual mCBV), random regions of interest (ROIs) placement by the observer, or the semiautomatic segmentation method (semiautomatic mCBV). The volume of enhancing portion of the tumor was also measured during semiautomatic segmentation process. T-test, ROC curve analysis, Fisher's exact test and multivariate regression analysis were performed to compare the value and evaluate the diagnostic performance of each parameter. Results: GBM showed a higher enhancing volume (P = 0.0307), a higher manual mCBV (P = 0.018) and a higher semiautomatic mCBV (P = 0.0111) than that of the PCNSL. Semiautomatic mCBV had the highest value (0.815) for the area under the curve (AUC), however, the AUCs of the three parameters were not significantly different from each other. The semiautomatic mCBV was the best independent predictor for the GBM and PCNSL differential diagnosis according to the stepwise multiple regression analysis. Conclusion: We found that the semiautomatic mCBV could be a better predictor than the manual mCBV for the GBM and PCNSL differentiation. We believe that the semiautomatic segmentation method can contribute to the advancement of perfusion based brain tumor evaluation.

Efficient Eye Location for Biomedical Imaging using Two-level Classifier Scheme

  • Nam, Mi-Young;Wang, Xi;Rhee, Phill-Kyu
    • International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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    • v.6 no.6
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    • pp.828-835
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    • 2008
  • We present a novel method for eye location by means of a two-level classifier scheme. Locating the eye by machine-inspection of an image or video is an important problem for Computer Vision and is of particular value to applications in biomedical imaging. Our method aims to overcome the significant challenge of an eye-location that is able to maintain high accuracy by disregarding highly variable changes in the environment. A first level of computational analysis processes this image context. This is followed by object detection by means of a two-class discrimination classifier(second algorithmic level).We have tested our eye location system using FERET and BioID database. We compare the performance of two-level classifier with that of non-level classifier, and found it's better performance.

An integrated elastomer substrate with a lens array and pixel elements for three-dimensional liquid crystal displays

  • Hong, Jong-Ho;Kim, Yeun-Tae;Kim, Yun-Hee;Lee, Byoung-Ho;Lee, Sin-Doo
    • Journal of Information Display
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.55-59
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, a concept of an integrated elastomer substrate for a three-dimensional (3D) liquid crystal display based on the integral-imaging method is presented. The elemental lens array and columnar spacers were integrated into one of the two substrates, an elastomer substrate, through an imprinting process. The integrated elastomer substrate was capable of maintaining the uniform liquid crystal (LC) cell gap and promoting homeotropic LC alignment without any surface treatment. The monolithic approach reported herein will provide a key component for 3D displays with enhanced portability through a more than 40% weight reduction compared with the conventional integral-imaging method.