• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2011

Parallel imaging technique can provide several advantages for a multitude of MRI applications. Especially, in SENSE technique, sensitivity maps were always required in order to determine the reconstruction matrix, therefore, a number of difference approaches using sensitivity information from coils have been demonstrated to improve of image quality. Moreover, many filtering methods were proposed such as adaptive matched filter and nonlinear diffusion technique to optimize the suppression of background noise and to improve of image quality. In this study, we performed SENSE reconstruction using computer simulations to confirm the most suitable method for the feasibility of filtering effect and according to changing order of polynomial fit that were applied on variation of spatial resolution of sensitivity map. The image was obtained at 0.32T(Magfinder II, Genpia, Korea) MRI system using spin-echo pulse sequence(TR/TE = 500/20 ms, FOV = 300 mm, matrix = $128{\times}128$, thickness = 8 mm). For the simulation, obtained image was multiplied with four linear-array coil sensitivities which were formed of 2D-gaussian distribution and the image was complex white gaussian noise was added. Image processing was separated to apply two methods which were polynomial fitting and filtering according to spatial resolution of sensitivity map and each coil image was subsampled corresponding to reduction factor(r-factor) of 2 and 4. The results were compared to mean value of geomety factor(g-factor) and artifact power(AP) according to r-factor 2 and 4. Our results were represented while changing of spatial resolution of sensitivity map and r-factor, polynomial fit methods were represented the better results compared with general filtering methods. Although our result had limitation of computer simulation study instead of applying to experiment and coil geometric array such as linear, our method may be useful for determination of optimal sensitivity map in a linear coil array.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.1157-1176
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• 2015

This study presents optimizing structural topology patterns using regularization of Heaviside function. The present method needs not filtering process to typical SIMP method. Using the penalty formulation of the SIMP approach, a topology optimization problem is formulated in co-operation, i.e., couple-signals, with design variable values of discrete elements and a regularized Heaviside step function. The regularization of discontinuous material distributions is a key scheme in order to improve the numerical problems of material topology optimization with 0 (void)-1 (solid) solutions. The weak forms of an equilibrium equation are expressed using a coupled regularized Heaviside function to evaluate sensitivity analysis. Numerical results show that the incorporation of the regularized Heaviside function and the SIMP leads to convergent solutions. This method is tested using several examples of a linear elastostatic structure. It demonstrates that improved optimal solutions can be obtained without the additional use of sensitivity filtering to improve the discontinuous 0-1 solutions, which have generally been used in material topology optimization problems.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 흐려지고 노이즈가 부가되어 열화된 아날로그 의학영상을 복원시키기 위하여 복원기법이 적용되었다. 열화함수에 의해 흐려지고 노이즈가 낀 열화영상의 복원을 위해서 역필터링, 위너필터링에 의한 선형복원기법과 Lucy-Richardson 알고리듬에 의한 비선형 반복 복원기법이 사용되었다. 더욱이, 복원영상의 화질을 평가하기 위해서 주관적 평가방식인 ROC 곡선이 사용되었다. 상수비를 사용한 위너필터링은 역필터링에 비하여 좋은 복원영상을 얻었으나, 진단능력을 향상시키지는 못하였다. Lucy-Richardson 알고리듬이 사용된 복원영상은 가장 우수한 성능을 나타냈고, 감도와 특이도가 열화영상보다 15[%] 만큼 개선되었다.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 흉부 CR 영상에 대하여 다양한 디지털 영상처리 기법을 가하여 영상의 질을 개선시키고 화질 평가를 수행하였다. 또한 흉부 CR 영상의 선예도를 개선하기 위해서 고주파 강조 필터링과 히스토그램 평활화를 MATLAB으로 구현하여 시뮬레이션 한 결과 고주파 강조 필터링과 히스토그램 평활화를 통해서 원영상의 대조도가 개선되었다. 디지털영상처리에 의해 화질의 개선된 정도를 평가하기 위해서 영상의 관찰에 의한 주관적 평가기법을 이용하였다. 신호 또는 병소가 있는 영상에서 신호 또는 병소를 발견할 확률로 감도를 계산하였다. 고주파 강조 필터링과 히스토그램 평활화가 수행된 영상의 감도는 원영상보다 개선되었고, 의료영상에서 수행된 디지털 영상처리는 영상의 질을 향상시켰다.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.253-261
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• 2004

A simple and effective filtering method to control the member size of an optimized structure is proposed for topology optimization. In the present approach, the original objective sensitivities are replaced with their relative values evaluated within a filtering area. By adjusting the size of the filtering area, the member size of an optimized structure or the level of its topological complexity can be controlled even within a given finite element mesh. In contrast to the checkerboard-free filter, the present filter focuses on high-frequency components of the sensitivities. Since the present filtering method does not add a penalty term to the objective function nor require additional constraints, it is not only efficient but also simple to implement. Mean compliance minimization and eigenfrequency maximization problems are considered to verify the effectiveness of the present approach.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2015

디지털 영상의 배포에서, 위 변조자에 의해 영상이 변조되는 심각한 문제가 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여, 본 논문에서는 영상의 픽셀값 경사도에 따른 특징벡터를 이용한 미디언 필터링 영상 포렌식 판정 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘에서, 원영상의 픽셀값 경사도로부터 자기회귀 계수를 1~6차까지의 6 Dim.을 계산한다. 그리고 경사도를 Poisson 방정식의 해에 의한 재구성 영상과 원영상과의 차영상으로 부터, 4 Dim. (평균값, 최대값 그리고 최대값의 좌표 i,j)의 특징벡터를 추출한다. 2 종류의 특징벡터는 10 Dim.으로 조합되어 변조된 영상의 미디언 필터링 (Median Filtering: MF) 검출기의 SVM (Support Vector Machine) 분류를 위한 학습에 사용된다. 제안된 미디언 필터링 검출 알고리즘은 동일 10 Dim. 특징벡터의 MFR (Median Filter Residual) 스킴과 비교하여 원영상, 평균필터링 ($3{\times}3$) 영상 그리고 JPEG (QF=90) 영상에서는 성능이 우수하며, Gaussian 필터링 ($3{\times}3$) 영상에서는 성능이 다소 낮지만, 성능평가 전체항목에서 민감도 (Sensitivity; TP: True Positive rate)와 1-특이도 (1-Specificity; FP: False Positive rate)의 AUC (Area Under Curve)가 모두 1에 수렴하여 'Excellent (A)' 등급임을 확인하였다.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제52권8호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2015

디지털 영상의 배포에서, 위 변조자에 의해 영상이 변조되는 심각한 문제가 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여, 본 논문에서는 영상의 Fourier 변환 변이계수를 이용한 미디언 필터링 (Median Filtering: MF) 영상의 포렌식 판정 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘에서, 영상의 각 수평, 수직라인의 Fourier 변환 (Fourier Transform: FT)을 하고, 이웃 라인과의 변이계수를 기반으로 하여 MF 검출 (Median Filtering Detection: MFD)을 위한 10 Dim. 특징벡터를 정의한다. 이는 MF 검출기의 SVM (Support Vector Machine) 학습에 사용된다. 제안된 미디언 필터링 검출 스킴은 동일 10 Dim. 특징벡터의 MFR (Median Filter Residual)과 Rhee의 MF 검출 스킴과 비교하여 원영상, JPEG (QF=90), Down 스케일링 (0.9) 그리고 Up 스케일링 (1.1) 영상에서는 성능이 우수하며, Gaussian 필터링($3{\times}3$) 영상에서는 성능이 일부 높았다. 제안된 알고리즘은 성능평가 전체항목에서 민감도 (Sensitivity; TP: True Positive rate)와 1-특이도 (1-Specificity; FP: False Positive rate)에 의한 AUC (Area Under ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) Curve)가 모두 1에 수렴하여 'Excellent (A)' 등급임을 확인하였다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.125-131
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• 1994

This paper proposes a dynamic recursive model with the effect analysis of machine state considering human factor(human skillfulness) In a single lot man-machine production system. This model obtained using Kalman Filtering Algorithm Is based on input state, output state, machine state. For sensitivity analysis, this model constructed is examined according to the impact of human skillfulness with computer simulation. The model studied in this paper has a great advance from the point of view a combination of three factors( human engineering, dynamic control theory, quality control ) and can also be extended in several applications.

• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송공학회 2014년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.248-251
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• 2014

We develop the signal processing method for implementing the human perceptual variant on frequency and space. The human visual perceptual sensitivity varies as frequency components and the human perceivable resolution diminishes as the distances further from the eye-focused point. For realizing the frequency sensitivity, we developed the signal direction adaptive multiband energy scaling method to weight the frequency components. The low-pass filtering is designed on the developed energy scaling method for diminishing perceivable resolutions as the deviated distance from the eye-focused point. The developed method not only enhances the frequency components of image signals at the eye-focused region but also smoothes non-perceivable detailed image signals at non-focused regions. The proposed method is verified by the subjective and objective evaluations that it can improve human perceptual visual quality.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.195-201
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• 2015

For median filtering (MF) detection in altered digital images, this paper presents a new feature vector that is formed from autoregressive (AR) coefficients via an AR model of the gradients between the neighboring row and column lines in an image. Subsequently, the defined 10-D feature vector is trained in a support vector machine (SVM) for MF detection among forged images. The MF classification is compared to the median filter residual (MFR) scheme that had the same 10-D feature vector. In the experiment, three kinds of test items are area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC), classification ratio, and minimal average decision error. The performance is excellent for unaltered (ORI) or once-altered images, such as $3{\times}3$ average filtering (AVE3), QF=90 JPEG (JPG90), 90% down, and 110% up to scale (DN0.9 and Up1.1) images, versus $3{\times}3$ and $5{\times}5$ median filtering (MF3 and MF5, respectively) and MF3 and MF5 composite images (MF35). When the forged image was post-altered with AVE3, DN0.9, UP1.1 and JPG70 after MF3, MF5 and MF35, the performance of the proposed scheme is lower than the MFR scheme. In particular, the feature vector in this paper has a superior classification ratio compared to AVE3. However, in the measured performances with unaltered, once-altered and post-altered images versus MF3, MF5 and MF35, the resultant AUC by 'sensitivity' (TP: true positive rate) and '1-specificity' (FN: false negative rate) is achieved closer to 1. Thus, it is confirmed that the grade evaluation of the proposed scheme can be rated as 'Excellent (A)'.