• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.585-589
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• 2018

Consumer demand for high quality image/video services led to growing trend in image quality enhancement study. Therefore, recent years was a period of substantial progress in this research field. Through careful observation of the image quality after processing by image enhancement algorithms, we perceived that the dark region in the image usually suffered loss of contrast to a certain extent. In this paper, the low-light stretch preprocessing algorithm is, hence, proposed to resolve the aforementioned issue. The proposed approach is evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively against the well-known histogram equalization and Photoshop curve adjustment. The evaluation results validate the efficiency and superiority of the low-light stretch over the benchmarking methods. In addition, we also propose the 255MHz-capable hardware implementation to ease the process of incorporating low-light stretch into real-time imaging systems, such as aerial surveillance and monitoring with drones and driving aiding systems.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제17B권3호
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• pp.233-238
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 화질 저하 모델에 기반한 다중 인식기 결합을 이용하여 저화질 영상에 대한 인식 성능을 개선하기 위한 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 화질 저하 모델을 이용해 특정 화질에 각각 특화된 복수의 인식기들을 생성한다. 인식 과정에서는 인식기들의 결과를 가중 평균에 의해 결합함으로써 최종 결과를 결정한다. 이 때, 각 인식기의 가중치는 입력 영상의 화질 추정 결과에 따라 동적으로 결정된다. 입력 영상의 화질에 특화된 인식기에는 큰 가중치를, 그렇지 않은 인식기에는 작은 가중치를 지정한다. 그 결과, 입력 영상의 화질 변이에 효과적으로 적응할 수 있다. 뿐만 아니라, 복수의 인식기를 사용하기 때문에 저화질 영상에 대하여 단일 인식 시스템보다 더욱 안정적인 성능을 나타낸다. 제안하는 다중 인식기 결합 방법은 화질을 고려하지 않은 다중 인식기 결합 방법이나, 화질을 고려한 단일 인식 방법과 비교하여 더 높은 인식률을 보였다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.256-263
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• 2022

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the image quality and dose reduction of low-dose three-dimensional (3D) rotational angiography (RA) for evaluating intracranial aneurysms. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the clinical data and 3D RA datasets obtained from 146 prospectively registered patients (male:female, 46:100; median age, 58 years; range, 19-81 years). The subjective image quality of 79 examinations obtained from a conventional method and 67 examinations obtained from a low-dose (5-seconds and 0.10-μGy/frame) method was assessed by two neurointerventionists using a 3-point scale for four evaluation criteria. The total image quality score was then obtained as the average of the four scores. The image quality scores were compared between the two methods using a noninferiority statistical testing, with a margin of -0.2 (i.e., score of low-dose group - score of conventional group). For the evaluation of dose reduction, dose-area product (DAP) and air kerma (AK) were analyzed and compared between the two groups. Results: The mean total image quality score ± standard deviation of the 3D RA was 2.97 ± 0.17 by reader 1 and 2.95 ± 0.20 by reader 2 for conventional group and 2.92 ± 0.30 and 2.95 ± 0.22, respectively, for low-dose group. The image quality of the 3D RA in the low-dose group was not inferior to that of the conventional group according to the total image quality score as well as individual scores for the four criteria in both readers. The mean DAP and AK per rotation were 5.87 Gy-cm² and 0.56 Gy, respectively, in the conventional group, and 1.32 Gy-cm² (p < 0.001) and 0.17 Gy (p < 0.001), respectively, in the low-dose group. Conclusion: Low-dose 3D RA was not inferior in image quality and reduced the radiation dose by 70%-77% compared to the conventional 3D RA in evaluating intracranial aneurysms.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제11권12호
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• pp.39-49
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• 2013

Purpose - This study attempts to examine the underlying dimensions of service quality (tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy) for low-cost carriers. It subsequently seeks to determine the effect of the relationships of the dimensions of service quality, airline image, and behavioral intentions on airline services to provide adequate basic information and attributes for developing differentiated and competitive service marketing strategies. Research design, data, and methodology - The survey for this study was conducted on patrons with low-cost carrier boarding experiences in districts near universities and central businesses of Seoul and Busan from 5/10/2012 to 16/10/2012. Out of 346 questionnaires, 20 questionnaires with missing data and insincere answers were excluded for this study. Collected data were processed using SPSS 18.0, and the hypothesis was verified by analyzing the structural equation model with Lisrel 8.54. First, the frequency analysis was conducted to identify universal characteristics. Second, the exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis were conducted to identify the accuracy of the variable measurements of the construct. Third, to assess uni-dimensionality and reliability, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted. Finally, to verify the adequacy of the research model and research hypothesis, the structural model was employed. Results - The results revealed that the factors, "tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy" were shown to be the most important dimensions of service quality for the airline image of the low-cost carrier which was consistent with previous studies. Therefore, it is fair to suggest that these verified factors are crucial attributes for the brand image of low-cost carriers. Second, as reliability and responsiveness were shown to be the most important factors for behavioral intentions, it is viable to suggest that these two attributes are crucial for the sales value of low-cost carriers. Further, it was found that the brand image of low-cost carriers was closely related to behavioral intentions. Therefore, in order to ensure the competitiveness and loyalty of patrons, the airline image value is a crucial attribute. Conclusions - The result of this study established that service quality is the most important attribute for marketing to ensure competitiveness, and intensive and differentiated service marketing play a crucial role in creating profits for low-cost carrier companies. First, as tangibility is found to be the most crucial factor in ensuring service quality, quality control and maintenance of medium and small carriers must be provided to ensure reliability, as they are the main attributes of low-cost carriers. Second, in order to promote positive behavioral intentions, it is essential to enhance the value of airline image. Third, in order to ensure competitiveness, it is imperative to carry out intensive and differentiated service marketing. Therefore, to promote the image of low-cost carriers and enhance behavioral intentions, the level of service quality must be secured by developing appropriate service improvement programs.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.1410-1419
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• 1989

In this paper, we present a new synthetic high coding method which gives high image compression ratio. Given an image, only its low-pass component is transmitted by DCT coding` the high-pass component is not transmitted but synthesized using edge sharpening on the reconstructed low-pass image at the receiver. For the DCT coding which is used to encode the low-pass image, we used an improved version of Cox's variance estimator. Also, introduced are new image quality measures called GSNR and EPR which emphasize perceptual aspects of image quality. Experimental results show that the performance of the proposed synthetic high coding is better in various quality measures than that of Cox's adaptive transform coding. Also, it yields acceptable image quality with neither apparent block effect nor visible granular noise even at high compression ratio of about 30:1.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2007년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.333-334
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• 2007

The proposed scheme provides a scheme to preview the whole image contents of low quality JPEG coded image without license and to select image quality as required. Therefore, users can confirm the image contents from low quality image without paying for previewing it and then, can see the best quality image by paying for the additional qualify of the image. The proposed scheme in this paper can be able to provide quality graded services as requested as well as protecting environment of intellectual property of digital contents.

• 한국조리학회지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.47-57
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• 2016

본 연구는 중저가 체인 호텔 이미지가 서비스 품질과 소비가치 및 고객감정에 미치는 영향 관계를 분석함으로 AMOS 22.0 통계 패키지 프로그램을 활용하여 분석하였고, 사용된 통계기법은 측정도구의 단일 차원성으로 확인적 요인분석, 항목의 인과관계 검증으로는 구조방정식 모형을 사용하였다. 가설 검증 결과, 첫째, 중저가 체인 호텔 이미지는 서비스 품질 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 중저가 체인 호텔 이미지는 소비가치 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 셋째, 소비가치는 서비스 품질의 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 서비스 품질은 고객 감정 정(+)의 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났으며, 다섯 번째, 중저가 체인 호텔 이미지는 고객 감정 정(+)에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 중저가 체인 호텔 이미지가 서비스 품질, 소비가치 및 고객감정에 미치는 영향을 분석함으로써 중저가 체인 호텔의 경영 전략적인 방안을 수립을 하려고 하였다. 그 결과, 중저가 체인 호텔 이미지에 따른 서비스 품질에서는 확신성 즉, 호텔직원들의 믿음이 가장 컸으며, 중저가 체인 호텔 이미지 따른 소비가치에서는 기능적 가치 즉, 호텔직원들의 친절한 서비스가 가장 높은 만족도로 나타났다. 따라서 이는 중저가 체인 호텔을 운영하는데 중요한 마케팅 전략으로 사료된다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 기존에 영상의 품질을 평가하는 데 사용되던 지표가 저조도 영상에 대해서도 적용될 수 있음을 확인한다. 저조도 영상의 특성상, 빛과 관련된 요인들이 다양한 잡음 패턴을 만들어내고 빛의 양이 적을수록 극심한 잡음을 가지고 있다. 그렇기 때문에, 잡음이 없는 깨끗한 영상을 구하기 힘든 상황에서 잡음이 제거된 저조도 영상의 품질을 사람의 눈으로 판단하는 경우가 많다. 본 논문에서는, ground truth를 구할 수 없는 저조도 영상의 잡음을 Noise2Noise를 이용해서 제거하고, MTF와 SNR 등의 지표로 공간 해상도와 방사 해상도를 ISO 12233 차트와 colorchecker를 대상으로 평가한다. 정성적 평가 위주로 평가되던 저조도 영상의 품질이 정량적으로도 평가될 수 있음을 보여줄 수 있다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2018

미광증폭장비는 밤과 같이 어두운 환경에서 주로 가시광선 대역의 약한 빛을 증폭시켜 육안으로 관측할 수 있을 정도의 밝기로 만들어주는 장비이다. 이러한 방식은 어느 정도의 약한 빛이 존재하는 환경에서는 그 증폭 효과를 제대로 발휘하여 선명한 영상을 얻을 수 있지만, 달빛조차 존재하지 않는 극 저조도 환경에서는 기본적으로 증폭시킬 빛이 부족하여 출력 영상에 많은 노이즈로 인하여 화면의 선명도가 저하된다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 극 저조도 환경에서 발생하는 미광증폭 장비의 출력 노이즈를 다중 필터와 이방성 확산을 이용하여 화질을 개선하는 방법을 제안하였다. 실험을 위하여 극 저조도 조건에 맞는 환경을 구성한 상태에서 미광증폭장비의 출력 영상을 촬영한 후, 화질 개선을 위한 신호처리를 하였다. 신호처리를 위한 필터의 구성은 영상에 나타나는 주된 노이즈인 점 노이즈 제거와 가우시안 노이즈의 효과적인 제거를 위하여 메디안 필터, 위너 필터를 적용시킨 후 이방성 확산을 이용하였다. 실험 결과 화질이 개선됨을 육안으로 확인할 수 있었고, 정량 지표인 PSNR 및 SSIM으로 비교하여 측정한 방법에서도 모두 개선된 값을 보여주었다.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.75-86
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to apply a newly developed free software program, at low cost and with minimal time, to evaluate the quality of dental and maxillofacial cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images. Materials and Methods: A polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) phantom, CQP-IFBA, was scanned in 3 CBCT units with 7 protocols. A macro program was developed, using the free software ImageJ, to automatically evaluate the image quality parameters. The image quality evaluation was based on 8 parameters: uniformity, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), noise, the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), spatial resolution, the artifact index, geometric accuracy, and low-contrast resolution. Results: The image uniformity and noise depended on the protocol that was applied. Regarding the CNR, high-density structures were more sensitive to the effect of scanning parameters. There were no significant differences between SNR and CNR in centered and peripheral objects. The geometric accuracy assessment showed that all the distance measurements were lower than the real values. Low-contrast resolution was influenced by the scanning parameters, and the 1-mm rod present in the phantom was not depicted in any of the 3 CBCT units. Smaller voxel sizes presented higher spatial resolution. There were no significant differences among the protocols regarding artifact presence. Conclusion: This software package provided a fast, low-cost, and feasible method for the evaluation of image quality parameters in CBCT.