• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.2109-2123
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• 2017

This paper presents a super-resolution reconstruction method based on sparse representation for two-dimensional bar code images. Considering the features of two-dimensional bar code images, Kirsch and LBP (local binary pattern) operators are used to extract the edge gradient and texture features. Feature extraction is constituted based on these two features and additional two second-order derivatives. By joint dictionary learning of the low-resolution and high-resolution image patch pairs, the sparse representation of corresponding patches is the same. In addition, the global constraint is exerted on the initial estimation of high-resolution image which makes the reconstructed result closer to the real one. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm for two-dimensional bar code images by comparing with other reconstruction algorithms.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권10B호
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• pp.1124-1132
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• 2009

본 논문은 집적영상의 요소영상을 초해상도 영상복원에 이용하여 집적영상의 해상도를 향상시키는 방법을 제안한다. 집적영상에서 전체 요소영상의 인접한 단일 요소영상들 사이에는 대상물체의 동일한 부분의 상을 포함하는 공통부분이 존재한다. 이러한 공통부분들을 초해상도 영상복원의 저해상도 영상으로 이용하게 되면 CCD(Charge Coupled Device) 등의 영상취득 장치의 제한된 해상도로 인한 집적영상의 낮은 해상도 문제를 보완 할 수 있게 된다. 전체 요소영상과 제안된 방법을 이용하여 해상도를 향상시킨 전체 요소영상을 비교하여 제안된 방법의 타당성을 증명하였다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.1392-1400
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• 2011

최근 대부분의 디지털 이미지 응용분야에서는 영상 처리 및 분석을 위해 고해상도 이미지나 비디오가 요구되고 있다. 한편, 일반적인 영상획득시스템으로부터 획득한 영상신호는 획득하는 과정에서 물리적 영향, 제조 기술의 한계 및 환경적인 영향 등으로 인하여 영상의 화질 저하를 가져온다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기위해 연구되고 있는 방법 중 하나인 초해상도 복원 기술은 동일한 물체를 촬영한 다수의 저해상도 영상으로 고해상도 영상을 만들어내는 영상복원기술이다. 본 논문에서는 S&A (Shift & Add) 방법에 POCS (Projection onto Convex Sets) 이론을 적용하여 기존의 방법보다 개선된 알고리즘을 제안한다. 기존의 알고리즘은 잡음에 약하다는 문제점이 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 제안한 방법에서는 복원단계에 사용되는 참조영상을 POCS이론에 적용하여 기존의 S&A방법과 결합하였다. 또한 광학적 왜곡에 해당하는 카메라 블러(blur) 연산자로 주파수 영역에서 BLPF (Butterworth Low-pass Filter)를 사용하여 기존방법의 문제점인 링잉현상을 해결하였다. 실험결과를 통해 잡음에 강하고 영상의 고주파영역을 향상시킨 제안한 초해상도 방법의 우수성을 확인하였고, 객관적 평가를 위해 기존의 방법과 PSNR (peak signal to noise ratio)을 비교하였다.

• 천문학회지
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.157-162
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• 2016

High resolution reconstruction technology is developed to help enhance the spatial resolution of observational images for ground-based solar telescopes, such as speckle masking. Near real-time reconstruction performance is achieved on a high performance cluster using the Message Passing Interface (MPI). However, much time is spent in reconstructing solar subimages in such a speckle reconstruction. We design and implement a novel parallel method for speckle masking reconstruction of solar subimage on a shared memory machine using the OpenMP. Real tests are performed to verify the correctness of our codes. We present the details of several parallel reconstruction steps. The parallel implementation between various modules shows a great speed increase as compared to single thread serial implementation, and a speedup of about 2.5 is achieved in one subimage reconstruction. The timing result for reconstructing one subimage with 256×256 pixels shows a clear advantage with greater number of threads. This novel parallel method can be valuable in real-time reconstruction of solar images, especially after porting to a high performance cluster.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.199-207
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• 2017

Purpose: Evaluation of alveolar bone is important in the diagnosis of dental diseases. The periodontal ligament space is difficult to clearly depict in cone-beam computed tomography images because the reconstruction filter conditions during image processing cause image blurring, resulting in decreased spatial resolution. We examined different reconstruction filters to assess their ability to improve spatial resolution and allow for a clearer visualization of the periodontal ligament space. Materials and Methods: Cone-beam computed tomography projections of 2 skull phantoms were reconstructed using 6 reconstruction conditions and then compared using the Thurstone paired comparison method. Physical evaluations, including the modulation transfer function and the Wiener spectrum, as well as an assessment of space visibility, were undertaken using experimental phantoms. Results: Image reconstruction using a modified Shepp-Logan filter resulted in better sensory, physical, and quantitative evaluations. The reconstruction conditions substantially improved the spatial resolution and visualization of the periodontal ligament space. The difference in sensitivity was obtained by altering the reconstruction filter. Conclusion: Modifying the characteristics of a reconstruction filter can generate significant improvement in assessments of the periodontal ligament space. A high-frequency enhancement filter improves the visualization of thin structures and will be useful when accurate assessment of the periodontal ligament space is necessary.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.113-120
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• 1997

This paper presents an optimal design for the SPECT reconstruction filter, based on a physical limit of SPECT lesion detection capability. To increase the performance of the filter on lesion detectability, the filter design was focused on increasing the local SyW ratio of a threshold lesion, that was determined by minimum detectable lesion size (MDU) from SPECT lesion detectabllity contrast-detail curve. The proposed filter showed flexible window characteristics of resolution recovery and noise smoothing for MDLSs in the resolution-limited and photon-limited regions, respectively, compennting for the relative impact of the main limitation factors on threshold detectability. The simulated results showed good adaptability of the proposed filter to the changes in physical parameters of photon counts, object contrast, and detector system resolution.

• 전자공학회논문지S
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• 제34S권3호
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• pp.63-73
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• 1997

For the practical applications of the EIT technology, it is essential to reconstruct sttic images iwth a higher spatial resolution in a reasonalble amount of processing time. Using the conventional EIT static image reconstruction algorithms, however, the processing time increases exponential with poor convergence characteristics as we try to get a higher spatial resolution. In order to overcome this problem, we developed a recursive mesh grouping method based on the Fuzzy-GA like algorithm. Computational simulation using the well-known improve dewton-raphson method with the proposed recursive mesh grouping algorithm shows a promising result that we can significantly reduce the processing time in the reconstruction of EIT static images of a higher spatial resolution.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.1944-1949
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 3차원 집적 영상 기술에서 렌즈 모델에 기초하여 3차원 물체에 대한 새로운 평면기반 컴퓨터 재생 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법에 대해서 여러 시험 영상에 대해서 컴퓨터 실험을 수행하여 재생된 영상에 대한 해상도를 분석하고 기존의 방법에 의한 결과와 비교를 하였다. 실험 결과로부터 제안하는 방법을 사용함으로써 재생되는 3차원 영상의 해상도가 향상됨을 보였다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.338-357
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• 2016

The recent advent of increasingly affordable and powerful 3D scanning devices capable of capturing high resolution range data about real-world objects and environments has fueled research into effective 3D surface reconstruction techniques for rendering the raw point cloud data produced by many of these devices into a form that would make it usable in a variety of application domains. This paper, therefore, provides an overview of the existing literature on surface reconstruction from 3D point clouds. It explains some of the basic surface reconstruction concepts, describes the various factors used to evaluate surface reconstruction methods, highlights some commonly encountered issues in dealing with the raw 3D point cloud data and delineates the tradeoffs between data resolution/accuracy and processing speed. It also categorizes the various techniques for this task and briefly analyzes their empirical evaluation results demarcating their advantages and disadvantages. The paper concludes with a cross-comparison of methods which have been evaluated on the same benchmark data sets along with a discussion of the overall trends reported in the literature. The objective is to provide an overview of the state of the art on surface reconstruction from point cloud data in order to facilitate and inspire further research in this area.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2014

Compressive sensing is an emerging sampling technique which enables sampling a signal at a much lower rate than the Nyquist rate. In this paper, we propose a novel framework based on Kronecker compressive sensing that provides multi-resolution image reconstruction capability. By exploiting the relationship of the sensing matrices between low and high resolution images, the proposed method can reconstruct both high and low resolution images from a single measurement vector. Furthermore, post-processing using BM3D improves its recovery performance. The experimental results showed that the proposed scheme provides significant gains over the conventional framework with respect to the objective and subjective qualities.