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초음파 영상 진단 장치에서 획득한 데이터로부터 진단 객체를 추출하기 위한 영상 분할은 질병의 효과적 인 진단을 위하여 필수적인 전처리 과정으로 인식되고 있으며, 지금까지 많은 분할 기법들이 연구되고 있다. 본 연 구에서는 혈관 초음파 영상의 다양한 응용 및 진단법 개발을 위하여 기초 전처리과정으로서 graph cut 알고리즘에 의한 상호적인 영상분할법을 제시한다. 일반영상 및 혈관 초음파 영상에 대하여 전경(foreground)과 배경 (background)의 제약조건을 주고 영상분할 처리하여, 원하는 object에 대한 분할 결과를 얻었다. 향후, 이러한 일련 의 처리 과정이 실시간으로 처리되면 새로운 초음파 진단법으로 발전시켜 나갈 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

Image segmentation for object to extract data from ultrasound acquired is an essential preprocessing step for the effective diagnosis. Various image segmentation methods have been studied. In this study, interactive image segmentation method by graph cut algorithm is proposed to develop a variety of applications of vascular ultrasound imaging and diagnostics. General imaging and vascular ultrasound imaging segmentation by entering constrain condition such as foreground and background. In the future it will be able to develop new ultrasound diagnostics.

The aim of this paper is to develop an efficient and a powerful Matlab based graphical user interface to address the problem of image segmentation. We propose two approaches for segmenting images: An automatic marker controlled watershed segmentation for segmenting an entire image or a scene and a semiautomatic graph cut based segmentation using fixation points. Automatic Watershed segmentation with a Sobel edge detector is used to detect the gradient of an input image resulting in an image less sensitive to noise. To deal with the usual problem of over segmentation using watershed, marker controlled watershed transformation is applied further for segmenting an image. Fixation based graph cut segmentation allows the user to analyze the input image displayed on the screen and specify some hard constraints indicating the object of interest or target object by using the mouse interaction. Experiments are done on the publically available dataset and the results of the supervised evaluation methods are observed to be satisfactory and are demonstrated along with the manually segmented reference image or a ground truth image obtained from segmentation evaluation database

In this paper, an interactive color natural image segmentation method is proposed. The method extends the Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) by taking into account user markers as useful spatial prior. In this way, a distribution combining with color and spatial location is obtained. The distribution is incorporated in a Bayesian MAP approach. The approach is formalized as an iterative energy minimization problem. A direct global minimization technique based on variational method is employed to get binary solution. After each iteration, the largest connected region from foreground is used to update foreground GMMs and achieve more superior performance than original GrabCut method. Extensive experiments are performed on public benchmark datasets such as GrabCut benchmark, Berkeley segmentation database and Graz benchmark. The results show that the proposed method can extract the object region from the complex background accurately.

This study introduces an interactive drawing system, a tool that allows user to sketch and draw with his own intentions. The proposed system enables the user to express more creatively through a tool that allows the user to reproduce his original idea as a drawing and transform it using his body. The user can actively participate in the production of the artwork by studying the unique formative language of the spectator. In addition, the user is given an opportunity to experience a creative process by transforming arbitrary drawing into various shapes according to his gestures. Interactive drawing systems use the segmentation of the drawing image as a way to extend the user's initial drawing idea. The system includes transforming a two-dimensional drawing into a volume-like form such as a three-dimensional drawing using image segmentation. In this process, a psychological space is created that can stimulate the imagination of the user and project the object of desire. This process of drawing personification plays a role of giving the user familiarity with the artwork and indirectly expressing his her emotions to others. This means that the interactive drawing, which has changed to the emotional concept of interaction beyond the concept of information transfer, can create a cooperative sensation image between user's time and space and occupy an important position in multimedia society.

조직병리에서 전체 슬라이드 영상의 정확한 분할은 질병 진단과 치료 계획에 매우 중요한 작업이다. 그러나 전체 슬라이드 영상은 크기가 크고 조직의 형태, 염색 및 촬영 조건이 다양하기 때문에 기존의 자동 영상 분할 알고리즘을 항상 적용하는 것은 어렵다. 최근 인간의 전문 지식과 알고리즘을 결합한 대화형 영상 분할 기술의 발전은 전체 슬라이드 영상 분할의 효율 성과 정확성을 개선할 수 있는 가능성을 보여주었다. 그러나 이러한 접근 방식은 동시에 어려운 과제를 제기하기도 했다. 본 논문에서는 다중 해상도 전체 슬라이드 영상을 활용하는 새로운 대화형 분할 방법인 ZoomISEG를 제안한다. 기존의 단일 스케일 방법과의 비교 및 ablation study를 통해 제안된 방법의 효율성과 성능을 입증한다. 실험 결과, 제안된 방법은 사람의 개입을 줄이면서도 최고 해상도 데이터를 사용하는 방식에 필적하는 정확도를 달성함을 확인했다.

Accurate segmentation of histopathology whole slide images (WSIs) is a crucial task for disease diagnosis and treatment planning. However, conventional automated segmentation algorithms may not always be applicable to WSI segmentation due to their large size and variations in tissue appearance, staining, and imaging conditions. Recent advances in interactive segmentation, which combines human expertise with algorithms, have shown promise to improve efficiency and accuracy in WSI segmentation but also presented us with challenging issues. In this paper, we propose a novel interactive segmentation method, ZoomISEG, that leverages multi-resolution WSIs. We demonstrate the efficacy and performance of the proposed method via comparison with conventional single-scale methods and an ablation study. The results confirm that the proposed method can reduce human interaction while achieving accuracy comparable to that of the brute-force approach using the highest-resolution data.