An effusion-evaporation model for image edge detection

A novel quasi-physical edge detection model is presented. The model, referred to as the effusion-evaporation model (EEM), is inspired by the natural phenomenon that the water effusing from the ground evaporates in the sunshine and leaves a wire like water stain on the ground surface, which reflects the physiognomy of the terrain. Based on the simulation of water effusing and evaporating, an EEM regards the complement of gradient magnitude image as a three-dimensional terrain, and the concave regions, which contain the residual water in the evolution final state, are used to determine the edges. Subjective and objective comparisons are performed on the proposed algorithm and two conventional edge detectors, namely Canny and LoG. The comparison results show that the proposed method outperforms Canny and LoG detectors for the real images and the standard test images with Gaussian noise.     

高等别线纹尺中心线提取算法的研究

受制造技术、磨损以及污染等因素影响,对线纹尺大批量自动化检定技术的实现存在较大困难。在线纹尺特征的基础上,针对边缘对比度高但噪声严重的线纹尺,先边缘初定位将图像处理区域限制在线纹边缘区域,再边缘精定位,寻找边缘区域灰度变化最大的点,剔除不连续的边缘点后拟合边缘线,实现线纹中心线的提取。针对自身变形导致成像模糊的线纹尺,背景区域与线纹区域分别求取各列灰度均值,再利用最小二乘拟合直线求交点实现线纹中心线提取。对高等别三等标准线纹米尺多次检定,结果表明,同一刻线最大差值为1.4μm,标准差为0.66μm,提出的算法鲁棒性好,满足高等别线纹尺的检定要求。     

An efficient analytical approach for calculating line mixing in atmospheric remote sensing applications

Collisional coupling between energy states in a molecule undergoing an optical transition can alter the line shape associated with the transition, an effect known as line mixing. Accounting for this effect in the analysis of remote sensing measurements of Earth's atmosphere by the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) yields reduced residuals, which leads to improved performance in the volume mixing ratio retrievals for some molecules. Analytical expressions are presented for the imaginary components of the polynomial ratios from the Humlicek algorithm, which provides approximate solutions to the complex probability function. These imaginary components are employed in the calculation of line mixing using the Rosenkranz first order approximation. Examples of line mixing in ACE measurements are presented, including a set of CH₄ lines that exhibit both line mixing and speed dependence. An efficient, analytical approach is proposed for calculating line shapes with a combination of line mixing and speed dependence. FORTRAN routines for calculating line mixing effects are provided as a supplement to the paper.     

A recursive color image edge detection method using Green's function approach

In this paper, an extended version of image edge detector using Green's function approach is proposed for detection of edges in the color vector space field. In the proposed method, the relationship between the Red, Green and Blue components is considered to design a differential operator for detection of edges in color images. By using the proposed operator, partial derivatives of all components of color image can simultaneously affect on the edge detection process. Therefore the proposed method can preserve the vector nature of color images during the edge processing stages. Also, the proposed method is compared both quantitatively and qualitatively with other color edge detectors. Experimental results show that the proposed method can efficiently preserve the edges even when the color images corrupted with different levels of noise.     

A calibration method of lens distortion for line scan cameras

We present a practical method to calibrate the lens distortion in line scan cameras. The distortion correction software based on this method has been designed and implemented in the digital protection of cultural relics. In this paper, a lens distortion model which applies to line scan cameras is derived from the widely used array camera distortion model. Then, a new calibration method which utilizes the imaging characteristic of equidistant collinear feature points is proposed to calibrate the model. Experiment results show the proposed calibration method is stable and effective.     

各向异性扩散滤波远探测声波测井图像降噪方法*

声波远探测测井技术近年来在复杂油气藏的构造识别和储层评价中发挥着重要作用。该技术利用来自井外的反射波对井旁地质构造进行准确成像,但由于反射波具有幅度低、受幅度强的井孔直达波干扰等特点,实际数据提取到的反射波信噪比往往比较低,需要对反射波进行降噪处理。非线性各向异性扩散滤波能够在滤除图像噪声的同时保留图像边缘及细节等信息,在地震数据处理和医学图像去噪中都有广泛应用。该文从各向异性扩散滤波的基本原理入手,将提取到的井外反射波信号当作图像,采用不同扩散张量进行处理,通过含噪声的模拟数据处理验证了该方法的处理效果并建立起适合于远探测测井的数据处理流程,实际远探测数据处理结果进一步表明其具有较好的应用前景。     

An improved edge detection algorithm for depth map inpainting

Three-dimensional (3D) measurement technology has been widely used in many scientific and engineering areas. The emergence of Kinect sensor makes 3D measurement much easier. However the depth map captured by Kinect sensor has some invalid regions, especially at object boundaries. These missing regions should be filled firstly. This paper proposes a depth-assisted edge detection algorithm and improves existing depth map inpainting algorithm using extracted edges. In the proposed algorithm, both color image and raw depth data are used to extract initial edges. Then the edges are optimized and are utilized to assist depth map inpainting. Comparative experiments demonstrate that the proposed edge detection algorithm can extract object boundaries and inhibit non-boundary edges caused by textures on object surfaces. The proposed depth inpainting algorithm can predict missing depth values successfully and has better performance than existing algorithm around object boundaries.     

一种基于Mumford-Shah模型的红外图像边缘检测方法

 Chan-Vese模型是一种优秀的简化Mumford-Shah模型。然而Chan-Vese模型是以两个同质区域为基础建立的,这并不符合红外图像的特点,导致直接应用该模型处理红外图像时可能失败。针对这一问题,提出了一种适用于红外图像边缘检测的改进Mumford-Shah模型,并对该模型中目标边缘的保持、停止准则的建立及算法速度的提高作了详细讨论。实验表明,改进Mumford-Shah模型能够克服Chan-Vese模型在对红外图像边缘检测时不能跨越过渡区域的缺点,有效地检测出目标边缘。     

不同后处理方法对溶胶-凝胶SiO2膜层抗污染能力的影响

以正硅酸乙酯作为前驱体,利用碱催化方式制备了SiO2溶胶,采用提拉法在K9基片上镀制SiO2单层薄膜,分别用热处理、紫外辐射处理、氨水加六甲基二硅胺烷气氛处理和酸碱复合膜4种后处理法对膜层进行处理,采用分光光度计、红外光谱、扫描探针显微镜、静滴接触角测量仪、椭偏仪等分析了薄膜的特性,通过真空环境加速污染实验对处理前后的膜层进行抗污染能力对比,结果表明:在碱性SiO2膜层上加镀一层酸性SiO2膜的复合膜层整体透过率仍保持在99%以上,疏水角达到128°,膜层真空抗污染能力大大加强。     

基于改进动态规划的主动声纳序列图像检测方法

动态规划是序列图像小目标检测的常用方法,该方法假设各帧图像间目标转移过程为马尔可夫过程,将能量累积计算量由原本的按图像帧数幂指数增长变为成倍增长,大大减小了计算量,使计算目标多帧累积能量变为可能。为了提高算法检测能力,该文根据动态规划算法原理及惩罚函数特点对算法进行了改进,使原本的二阶规划过程变为三阶,使指标函数更加有效地累积,有效提高了相同虚警概率下的检测概率。还利用该算法设计了主动声纳序列图像检测过程,并进行了仿真,验证了算法的有效性。     

小波阈值去噪的一种改进方法

白噪声的方差和幅值随着小波变换尺度的增加会逐渐减小,而信号的方差和幅值与小波变换的尺度变化无关。本文在Donoho的软、硬阈值去噪方法基础上,提出了一种新的阈值函数,并把它们应用在图像的去噪上。该阈值函数具有物理意义清晰、表达式简单、计算方便等优点。实际噪声图像测试结果表明,这种经改进的方法可以有效地去除白噪声干扰,无论是在视觉效果上还是在信噪比和均方误差定量指标上均明显优于常用的软、硬阈值去噪算法以及改进的软硬阈值折中算法。     

一种改进的小波阈值去噪方法

提出了一种新的阈值函数,它高阶可导,便于各种数学运算。与硬阈值函数相比,它在阈值点处是连续的;相比于软阈值函数,减小了估计小波系数存在时的恒定偏差,更好地保留了图像边缘等局部特征。选用平移不变小波变换,结合新提出的阈值函数,给出了一种新的去噪方法。仿真实验结果证明了此方法的优越性。     

一种快速的图像边缘精确提取算法

图像边缘检测是图像处理与分析中最基础的内容之一。现有的边缘检测算法存在检测精度低、抗噪性能差、处理速度慢等缺点。针对这些问题,提出了一种快速图像边缘检测算法。通过基于图像边缘信息的阈值分割,能快速地提取出图像的边缘轮廓,通过对其进行中心细化,可达到对物体边缘精确定位的目的。仿真实验证明,该算法在滤除图像噪声、保留细节边缘、细化边缘宽度和保持边缘连通性方面都获得了不错的效果,并且运算量小,既适用于对视频图像的实时处理,也适用于对图像中的隐蔽目标特征的提取和分析。     

An extended transfer matrix-finite element method for free vibration of plates

A combination of extended transfer matrix and finite element methods is proposed for obtaining vibration frequencies of structures. This method yields the value of the frequency once a trial value is assumed. By using this technique, the number of nodes required in the regular finite element method is reduced and therefore a smaller computer can be used. Besides, no plotting of the values of the determinants corresponding to each assumed frequency is necessary. A worked example is given for the case of vibration of a cantilever plate. The results show fast convergence from the assumed value to the true natural frequency.     

Apparent diffusion coefficient of line scan diffusion image in normal prostate and prostate cancer—comparison with single-shot echo planner image

Purpose

This retrospective study was designed to evaluate the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of line scan diffusion images (LSDI) in normal prostate and prostate cancer. Single-shot echo planner images (SS-EPI) were used for comparison.

Materials and Methods

Twenty prostate tumors were examined by conventional MRI in 14 patients prior to radical prostatectomy. All patients were examined with a 1.5-T MR imager (Signa CV/i ver. 9.1 GE Medical System Milwaukee, WI, USA). Diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) using LSDI was performed with a pelvic phased-array coil, with b values of 5 and 800 s/mm². DWI using SS-EPI was performed with a body coil, with b values of 0 and 800 s/mm². The ADCs of each sequence for 14 normal prostate and 20 prostate cancers were histopathologically assessed. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) on DWI was estimated and compared for each sequence.

Results

The mean ADCs (±S.D.) of normal peripheral zones (PZ), transition zones (TZ) and cancer (in 10⁻³ mm²/s) that used LSDI were 1.42±0.12, 1.23±0.10 and 0.79±0.19, respectively. Those that used SS-EPI were 1.76±0.26, 1.38±0.20 and 1.05±0.27, respectively. Using unpaired t test (P<.05), we found a significant difference in each sequence between normal tissue (both PZ and TZ) and the cancer. Paired t test (P<.05) also registered a significant difference between LSDI and SS-EPI. Mean SNR for DWI using LSDI was 16.49±5.03, while the DWI using SS-EPI was 18.85±9.26. The difference between the SNR of each sequence was not statistically significant by paired t test.

Conclusion

We found that ADCs using LSDI and SS-EPI showed similar tendencies in the same patients. However, in all regions, LSDI ADCs had smaller standard deviations than SS-EPI ADCs.     

改进的Zernike矩工业CT图像边缘检测

为提高工业计算机断层扫描(CT)图像亚像素边缘检测的精度和速度,研究了一种改进的Zernike矩边缘检测方法。该方法采用Sobel边缘算子快速检测出图像所有可能的边缘,通过Zernike矩算子对所有可能的边缘进行重新检测,最后,检测出图像的亚像素边缘并计算其精确位置。由于采用Sobel算子检测出可能的边缘使后续Zernike矩算子检测范围缩小,从而减小了运算量,提高了运算速度。对实际CT图像进行的实验结果表明:改进的Zernike矩工业CT图像边缘检测精度绝对误差<0.24 pixel,改进算法的运算速度提高了约70%。     

Experimental study of the line mixing coefficient for 118.75 GHz oxygen line

The oxygen fine structure line 1− at 118.75 GHz was studied by two spectrometers at low (0.2-3.5 Torr) and high (atmosphere) pressures in air and pure oxygen. Improvement in the spectrometer with BWO and acoustic detector included use of a powerful (more than 40 mW) radiation source. Improvement in the modern resonator spectrometer included exclusion of apparatus function by sample substitution and a wider (110-130 GHz) scanned frequency range. As a result, the 1− oxygen line was observed by both spectrometers with high (up to 450) signal-to-noise ratio which permitted precise measurements of the line parameters. The investigation separated linear- and quadratic-with-pressure displacement of the line center. The line mixing coefficient responsible for apparent quadratic dependence of the center frequency on pressure was measured experimentally for the first time for this line. The line mixing coefficient was measured at 297 K as −4.62(38)×10⁻⁵ Torr⁻¹ for pure oxygen and −5.9(29)×10⁻⁵ Torr⁻¹ for air, compared to the previously calculated value −3.1×10⁻⁵ Torr⁻¹. Linear dependence of the line center frequency on pressure does not exceed ±20 kHz/Torr for air and ±10 kHz/Torr for pure oxygen. Refined values of line broadening were obtained. Integral intensity of the line was measured. A comparison with the previous investigations is presented. Inconsistencies in published data about pressure line shifts of oxygen molecule spectral lines are discussed.     

A line list of allowed and forbidden rotational transition intensities for water

Pure rotational lines are important for monitoring water concentrations in many environments both in space and on earth. A list of line intensities of rotational transitions for H₂¹⁶O is calculated using variational nuclear-motion wave functions and an ab initio dipole moment surface. This methodology should be equally reliable for both allowed and forbidden rotational transitions. Extensive comparisons are made with available intensity data for these transitions including the HITRAN and JPL databases. Problems are identified with some of these data. A list of 555 allowed and 846 forbidden rotational transition lines within the ground vibrational state is made available.