• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.8-16
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• 2012

An image obtained from a low light environment results in a low-exposure problem caused by non-ideal camera settings, i.e. aperture size and shutter speed. Of particular note, the multiple color-filter aperture (MCA) system inherently suffers from low-exposure problems and performance degradation in its image classification and registration processes due to its finite size of the apertures. In this context, this paper presents a novel method for the color enhancement of low-exposure images and its application to color shift model-based MCA system for image refocusing. Although various histogram equalization (HE) approaches have been proposed, they tend to distort the color information of the processed image due to the range limits of the histogram. The proposed color enhancement algorithm enhances the global brightness by analyzing the basic cause of the low-exposure phenomenon, and then compensates for the contrast degradation artifacts by using an adaptive histogram specification. We also apply the proposed algorithm to the preprocessing step of the refocusing technique in the MCA system to enhance the color image. The experimental results confirm that the proposed method can enhance the contrast of any low-exposure color image acquired by a conventional camera, and is suitable for commercial low-cost, high-quality imaging devices, such as consumer-grade camcorders, real-time 3D reconstruction systems, digital, and computational cameras.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.123-127
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• 2015

Recently, new gamma camera systems enabling low radiation dose imaging have been developed. We reviewed the recent development of these low dose gamma camera systems including high sensitivity detectors, device structures, noise reduction filters, efficient image reconstruction algorithms, low dose protocols, and so on. It is expected that further technological advances reduce both radiation dose and imaging time in gamma camera imaging especially for radiation-sensitive patients such as pediatric patients.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.235-240
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• 2000

A low cost lighting system for line-scan cameras has been developed with 3-phase power. When exposure time of line-scan camera is shorter than fluctuation period of illumination, the average gray value of each acquired 1-D image varies. Detecting defects on the objects's surface under such illuminating environment is very difficult. The proposed lighting system is composed of low-cost fluorescent lights based on 3-phase power. The specially designed lighting pack and the properly selected lighting position enable to get the rippleless lighting. The principle of the proposed lighting system has been explained analytically. The lighting system has been tested for fabric inspection with line-scan camera and it's efficacy has been proved.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1462-1467
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• 2018

단일 노출 영상, 또는 다중 노출 영상을 사용하여 저조도 영상의 화질 개선 알고리즘이 수많이 연구되고 있다. 저조도 영상은 명암이 낮고, 잡음이 많아 피사체의 정보를 식별하기에 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 듀얼카메라로 촬영한 다중 노출 영상 2개를 이용하여 저조도 영상의 화질 개선하는 알고리즘의 하드웨어 설계를 제안한다. 제안하는 하드웨어 구조는 전달함수를 사용하여 프레임 메모리와 라인 메모리를 쓰지 않는 방식으로 실시간 처리로 설계되었다. 그리고 제안하는 하드웨어 설계는 Verilog로 설계했고, Modelsim을 사용하여 검증했다. 마지막으로 Xilinx사의 xc7z045-2ffg900을 목표 보드로 이용하여 FPGA를 구현했을 때 최대 동작 주파수 167.617MHz로 확인하였고, 영상 크기가 $1920{\times}1080$ 일 때, 소요된 총 클럭 사이클은 2,076,601이며 80.7fps로 실시간 처리가 가능하다.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2021

저속 동조는 촬영자가 장노출과 카메라 플래시를 동시에 이용해서 전경과 배경을 밝게 하는 촬영 기법이다. 단노출 플래시 촬영과 플래시 없는 장노출 촬영과는 달리 저속 동조는 어두운 환경에서의 밝은 전경과 배경을 보장한다. 하지만 스마트폰으로 저속 동조 촬영은 어려운데, 이는 스마트폰 카메라의 플래시는 약한 지속 광이고 노출 시간이 길어지면 플래시를 켜지 못하기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 단노출 플래시 영상에서 저속 동조 영상을 만드는 딥러닝 방법을 제안한다. 본 연구에서는 공간상에서 가변적인 영상 밝기 개선을 위해 가중치 맵을 적용한 네트워크를 제안한다. 본 연구에서는 지도 학습을 위한 스마트폰 단노출 플래시 영상과 저속 동조 영상 데이터 세트도 제안한다. RAW 영상의 선형성을 이용해 단노출 플래시 영상과 플래시 없는 장노출 영상으로부터 저속 동조 영상을 생성해서 데이터 세트를 구축한다. 실험을 통해 본 연구의 방법이 저속 동조 영상을 효과적으로 생성하는 것을 볼 수 있다.

• 치과방사선
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.51-70
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• 1995

The purpose of this investigation was to compare the direct digital radiographic system with film-based digital imaging system using Ektaspeed and Ektaspeed Plus film with respect to image characteristics and detectability and evaluate the sensor noise with the use of subtraction method. Direct digital radiographic system which used was Sens-A-Ray system(Regam Medical Systems, Sundsvall, Sweden) and film-based digital imaging system was composed of Macintosh II ci computer, high resolution Sony XC-77 CCD camera and intraoral x-ray film(Kodak Ektaspeed film, Kodak Ektaspeed Plus film). Images were taken by using CCD sensor of Sens-A-Ray system, Ektaspeed film and Ektaspeed Plus film with variable exposure time(0.06s, 0.1s, 0.16s, 0.2s, 0.3s, 0.4s, 0.5s, 0.6s, O.8s, LOs), 5 times at each exposure time. And then ektaspeed films and ektaspeed plus films were digitized using CCD camera. Image groups were divided into 3 groups; Sens-A-Ray group(direct digital radiographic system), Ektaspeed group and Ektaspeed Plus group (film-based digital imaging system) They were assessed by the following three aspects; image density, image contrast and detectability and sensor noise of Sens-A-Ray system was also evaluated. The results were as follow : 1. S group showed higher density than E , EP group except at the low exposure time(p<0.01). 2. S group showed higher contrast than E,EP group except at the high exposure time(p<0.01). 3. All groups showed good detectability at the each proper exposure time. Lowest exposure time which shows maximum detectability in S,EP group(0.5s) was lower than that in E group(0.6s). 4. Sensor noise of Sens-A-Ray system generally increased according to exposure time. On the basis of the above results, it was considered that Sens-A-Ray system could show higher speed, higher contrast than Ektaspeed, Ektaspeed Plus film except at too high and low exposure time and the same detectability as the conventional intraoral film.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.276-283
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• 2012

In this study, it was studies the utilization of LIT(lock-in infrared thermography) which can detect defects in welded parts of ship and offshore structures. Quantitative analysis was used through methods of filtering and texture measurement of image processing techniques to find the optimized experimental condition. We verified reliability in our methods by applying image processing techniques in order to normalize evaluations of comparative images that show phase difference. In addition, low to mid exposure showed good results whereas high exposure did not provide significant results in regards to intensity of light exposure on surface. Lock-in frequency was satisfactory around 0.1 Hz regardless of intensity of light source we had. In addition, having the integration time of thermography camera inversely proportional to intensity of exposed light source during the experiment allowed good outcome of results.

• 치과방사선
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.137-147
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• 1994

A digital imaging system using Machintosh Ⅱ ci computer, high resolution Sony XC-77 CCD camera, Quickcapture Frame Grabber Board was evaluated for quantitative analysis of standardized periapical film with aluminum step wedge. The results were as follows: 1. Correlation between Al thickness and gray level was high-positively associated(r²=0.99, p<0.001). 2. Correlation between measured weight of experimental lesion and estimated relative lesion volume by digital subtracted radiography was also high-positively associated (r²=0.98, p<0.001). 3. As exposure time was increased, mean gray level was decreased(p<0.01) and slope of regression line between Al thickness and gray level was also decreased (p<0.01). And when the exposure time was shorter than 0.2 second, the value of r² was relatively low. On the basis of the above results, it is considered that this digital imaging system using a Macintosh Ⅱ ci computer & a high resolution CCD monochrome camera will be useful in evaluating digitized image from standardized periapical film quantitatively.

• 천문학논총
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.75-79
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• 2003

The characteristics of the BOES (Bohyunsan Observatory Echelle Spectrograph) CCD camera is presented. In order to get optimum gain and readout noise of the CCD, we examine the variation of the gain and readout noise by changing the value of output drain voltage of the CCD and measuring the gain using transfer curve, which is defined as the plot of variance versus mean exposure level of a homogeneous light onto the CCD surface. The gain and readout noises are optimised to be 0.5e$^-$/ADU and 3e$^-$, which is good for highest signal-to-noise ratio and contrast for the low light level characteristics of the BOES. We also measure the dark count of the CCD by getting five dark images with 3600 seconds exposure time. The mean dark count from median stacked dark images is essentially zero. A table of positions of defected pixels is also presented.

• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가시화정보학회 2001년도 Proceedings of 2001 Korea-Japan Joint Seminar on Particle Image Velocimetry
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• pp.123-137
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• 2001

PIV (particle image velocimetry) systems use a camera to take snapshots of particles carried by a fluid at some precise instants. Signal processing methods are then used to compute the flow velocity field. In this paper, the design of the camera objective (optics) is addressed. The optimization is done in order to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio of in-focus particles. Four different kinds of noise are considered: photon shot noise, thermal and read noise, background glow shot noise, and noise made by the other particles. A semi-empirical model for the lens aberrations of a two-doublet objective is first addressed, since further, it is shown that lens aberrations (low f-value $f_{\#}$) should be used instead of the Fraunhofer diffraction (high f-value) for the fitting of the particle image size with the pixel size. Other important conclusions of the paper include the expression of optimum values for the magnification M, for the exposure period $\tau$ and for the pixel size $\xi$.