• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.156-169
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• 1997

본 논문에서는 형태학적 연산(morphological operation)과 영역 융합(region merging) 방법을 이용한 영상 분할(image segmentation) 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해서 형태학적 필터(morphological filter)를 이용하여 단순화한 영상에 대해, 다중크기 경사(multiscale gradient) 연산자를 이용하여 경사 영상(gradient image)을 얻는다. 경사 영상에 watershed 변환을 적용하면 분할 영상을 얻을 수 있는데, 이렇게 얻은 분할 영상은 대개 과분할(oversegmentation) 영상이므로, 분할 영역을 줄이기 위해 미소 영역(small region)이나 비슷한 특성을 갖는 인접 영역들은 서로 융합시킬 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 영역을 융합하기 위한 기준으로서 영역간의 평균 에지 강도와 각 영역의 화소값들에 비해 평균값을 사용하는데, 이러한 융합 기준은 contour following 과정에서 계산된다. 제안한 방법은 watershed 알고리듬, 영역에 기반한 영상 분할, 경계에 기반한 분할 방법을 결합한 방법으로서, 향상된 영상 분할이 가능함을 실험을 통하여 제시하였다.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.91-95
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• 2011

In this paper, we present an improved multi-scale gradient algorithm. The proposed algorithm works the effectively handling of both step and blurred edges. In the proposed algorithm, the image sharpening operator is sharpening the edges and contours of the objects. This operation gives an opportunity to get noise reduced image and step edged image. After that, multi-scale gradient operator works on noise reduced image in order to get a gradient image. The gradient image is segmented by watershed transform. The approach of region merging is used after watershed transform. The region merging is carried out according to the region area and region homogeneity. The region number of the proposed algorithm is 36% shorter than that of the existing algorithm because the proposed algorithm produces a few irrelevant regions. Moreover, the computational time of the proposed algorithm is relatively fast in comparison with the existing one.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2014

This paper describes an efficient framework for the extraction of a brain tumor from magnetic resonance (MR) images. Before the segmentation process, a median filter is used to filter the image. Then, the morphological gradient is computed and added to the filtered image for intensity enhancement. After the enhancement process, the thresholding value is calculated using the mean and the standard deviation of the image. This thresholding value is used to binarize the image followed by the morphological operations. Moreover, the combination of these morphological operations allows to compute the local thresholding image supported by a flood-fill algorithm and a pixel replacement process to extract the tumor from the brain. Thus, this framework provides a new source of evidence in the field of segmentation that the specialist can aggregate with the segmentation results in order to soften his/her own decision.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2012

In many applications of functional oxides originally homogeneous materials are exposed to gradients in the chemical potential of oxygen. Prominent examples are solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) or oxygen permeation membranes (OPMs). Other thermodynamic potential gradients are gradients of electrical potential, temperature or uni-axial pressure. The applied gradients act as generalized thermodynamic forces and induce directed fluxes of the mobile components. These fluxes may lead to three basic degradation phenomena of the materials, which are kinetic demixing, kinetic decomposition, and morphological instabilities.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.709-721
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• 2009

본 논문은 형태학적 워터쉐드 알고리즘을 이용하여 잡음에 강한 효율적인 영상분할에 대해서 논의하고자 한다. 기존의 형태학적 워터쉐드 알고리즘에 의한 영상분할은 크게 형태학적 연산자에 의한 영상의 단순화, 경사 영상 생성, 워터쉐드 알고리즘 수행 그리고 영역 병합 등의 여러 단계에 걸쳐 이루어진다. 그러나 기존의 형태학적 워터쉐드 알고리즘에 의한 영상분할은 과분할이 많이 일어나는 단점을 갖고 있다. 본 논문에서는 과분할을 줄이기 위해 잡음에 강한 형태학적 연산자에 의한 경사영상을 생성하고 워터쉐드 알고리즘을 적용 후 통계적인 콜모고로프-스미르노프 검정을 사용하여 인접한 영역 간의 픽셀 값 분포를 비교함으로써 부적절한 영역 병합을 최소화하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 영상분할의 성능을 평가하기 위해 기존의 방법과 정성적이고 정량적인 비교뿐 만아니라 영상분할에 소요되는 계산시간까지 비교하였다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-4
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• 2003

In the present work we consider morphological structure of the faces of BGO crystals grown by Czochralski technique under the conditions of low temperature gradient (0.1~1 deg/cm) and interconnection between the morphological features of faces at the crystallization front and the formation of defects within the crystal volume. It is demonstrated that the {112} faces retain stability while the growing surface deviates from the crystallographic (112) plane up to 1 degree. At larger deviation, the region of the stable facet growth passes either to the region of macrosteps or to the region of normal growth. depending on conditions.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2004

Phragmites australis is the dominant and constructive species among plant communities in the wetlands of the downstream of Yellow River, China. Its morphological characters were high variable in different habitats. Studies on Morphological and RAPD variation of 15 P. australis populations from this region showed that soil salinity was the dominant ecological factor that affected the morphological characters of P. australis. The basal diameter, height, leaf length, leaf width, internode length, internode accounts, panicle length were negatively related to salinity. 194 loci were amplified by RAPD, of which 9 loci was highly negative-related to salinity, and showed a tendency to prefer the habitats with fresh water. 4 loci were positively related to the salinity, and showed a tendency to prefer the salinized habitats. Most loci were neutral to salinity. The morphological and genetic characters of BZH were special, and the speciality should not be determined by salinity. The morphological characters were affected by genetic information and environment. The morphological characters should change gradually and continuously along environmental gradient under plasticity, but should changed continuously or not in genetic control. The relevancies among quantitive characters, ecological factors and genetic variation in natural populations still will still be a focus and difficulty of ecological genetics of P. australis in the future.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.85-96
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• 2014

폭포는 하나의 하천단위이며 기반암하상의 종단면이 급경사인 지점에 물이 흐르는 것으로 아직까지 폭포에 대한 절대적인 높이, 경사, 유량에 대한 기준은 없다. 본 연구의 목표는 폭포의 성인과 발달과정을 통해 지형적 형상으로 표출되는 유형을 분류하는 것이다. 폭포의 성인과 발달과정은 폭포침식의 특징에 의해 결정되며, 침식에 영향을 주는 요인을 폭포의 높이, 경사도, 구성암석, 하천력으로 간주하고 이들 요인에 따라 폭포의 유형을 구분하고자 하였다. 이 연구를 통해 폭포의 발달과정에 절리시스템이 가장 중요한 요인이며, 절리시스템은 다시 기반암의 특성에 따른 것임을 확인하였다. 유로의 방향과 침식유형은 절리계의 밀도와 방향에 따라 결정되며, 이들이 하상의 경사도와 낙차를 결정한다. 절리계의 유형이 하상경사와 폭포의 낙차 및 경사도 즉 형태를 결정하였다.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국시뮬레이션학회 2001년도 The Seoul International Simulation Conference
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• pp.95-98
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• 2001

Edge detection is an important problem in computer vision and image understanding. Because the threshold is difficult to properly determine, edge images gained by the usually gradient-based segmentation methods are often tend to have many disjoint or overlapping boundaries, which makes the edge images spinous. In this paper, a practical multilevel morphological filter is presented for smoothing spinous edge images. The experimental results show that the method is effective in dealing with the images of a target in the sky.

• 한국동물생명공학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2020

This present study was conducted to investigate protective effect of discontinuous Percoll gradient containing alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) before freezing process on viability, acrosome damage, mitochondrial activity, and oxidative stress of frozen-thawed boar spermatozoa. The separation of spermatozoa by discontinuous Percoll gradient was performed by different concentration of Percoll solution (45/90%) containing ALA combined with bovine serum albumin (BSA), and collected sperm in each Percoll layer was cryopreserved. To evaluate viability, acrosome damage, mitochondrial activity, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) level of frozen-thawed sperm, flow cytometry was used. Morphological abnormalities were observed under light microscope. In results, viability of sperm from 90% Percoll layer was higher than control and 45% Percoll group (p < 0.05). Separated sperm in 90% Percoll layer had lower acrosome damage and morphological abnormalities than control as well as viability, whereas 45% Percoll group was higher (p < 0.05). Similar with acrosome damage and abnormalities, mitochondrial activity was slightly enhanced and the population of live sperm with high ROS level was decreased by 90% Percoll separation, however, there was no significant difference. Supplementation of 3 ng/mL ALA into Percoll solution increased sperm viability and decreased population of live sperm with high ROS compared to control (p < 0.05). In conclusion, discontinuous Percoll gradient before freezing process could improve efficiency of cryopreservation of boar sperm through selection of sperm with high freezing resistance, and supplement of ALA during Percoll gradient might contribute suppression of ROS generation via stabilizing of plasma membrane during cryopreservation.